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| As we all know Germans are rule orientated. If there isn't a rule then they make one, if they feel there might be an exception to a rule at a later date, then they make a rule as to how to proceed in the case of an as yet unknown exception. There is a rule! | |
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I highly recommend you a book I have: "English Grammar in use". Read it, explain me the Gerund (finally) as well as if-clauses and word order in general. Then I can discuss with you in proper English who is rule oriented... sorry, but I have to rant over this as I can tell you how hard it is to learn "your" grammar. Just looks easy to you.
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| Failing that there is a little balding man in the Duden offices in Mannheim who will decide - unfortunately a coin has only two sides so .... now where was that rulebook? | |
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Since Germany is an engineering country, we made him a dice with two sides of der, die and das each. I guess in other countries they would found a committee instead to discuss the issue, but the dice is way more efficient.
