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And after she broke it she came running up and said "Connie! I broke my stick with using my hand!"

This might be a simple error like people make all the time - starting to say "with my hand" but deciding mid-word to go with "using my hand" instead - except that I feel certain I've heard her use the "with verbing" construction before, if not very recently.

I like it a lot, actually :)

Date: 2009-02-26 12:23 am (UTC)
ancarett: Change the World - Jack Layton's Last Letter (Default)
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Probably she's getting it linked, in her mind, with the "by using" construction. But cool!

Date: 2009-02-26 03:53 am (UTC)
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I was wondering if it's a back formation from without using my hand.

Date: 2009-02-26 12:23 am (UTC)
ancarett: (Historian Prejudiced Austen)
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Probably she's getting it linked, in her mind, with the "by using" construction. But cool!

Date: 2009-02-26 03:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sparkofcreation.livejournal.com
I was wondering if it's a back formation from without using my hand.

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