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Subject: Re: 'enry 'iggins in America
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Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 03:38:38 EST
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> Occaisionally I will ask someone to "reach me the x" instead of "hand me
> the x" and get some strange looks, too.  But, that one is probably more
> widespread.

True, and it has cousins of various sorts.  It's a sort of jumbling that
gives the wrong verb with respect to the subject, object, and indirect
object of the sentence.  Another common example is "borrow me some money".
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