On Apr 18, 2013, at 3:08 AM, Daniel Ezra Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, you'll find Arnold Zwicky has an excellent discussion of examples he's found of "what the powers that be, are, is..." He calls it the BEAREIS construction.
can you give us some information about where this discussion is? i remember it somewhat vaguely, but can't find the source.
arnold
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