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From: Bertel Lund Hansen <gadekryds@lundhansen.dk>
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Subject: Re: Somewheres
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Helmut Richter wrote:

>   Where there is free choice between -s and -es genitive, usage of -es has a
>   slight poetic or archaic touch. The always optional -e dative ending,
>   however, is pronouncedly archaic; many speakers use it only in idioms,
>   e.g. bei Lichte besehen ([seen] in the cold light of day), im Grunde
>   (basically),

Ah, "In einem kühlen Grunde" - ich habe es gesehen, ... eh, I have seen
it, but I didn't think too much about it.

-- 
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark