推 fizeau:"pick up" is a whole verbal phrase 11/27 21:59
→ fizeau:under normal/ideal circumstance 11/27 21:59
→ fizeau:pick-up + O.....that's the standard situation 11/27 21:59
→ fizeau:but unfortunately 11/27 22:00
→ fizeau:when the object is too "long" 11/27 22:00
→ fizeau:wait...excuse me 11/27 22:01
→ fizeau:again......pick is the verb 11/27 22:01
推 bigbuddha:pick up (noun) or pick (pronoun) up why? 11/27 22:10
→ bigbuddha:lot like the german of the time, where the separable 11/27 22:19
→ bigbuddha:prefix of a verb went after the object in all cases 11/27 22:19
→ bigbuddha:as the language evolved, that construction was kept 11/27 22:19
→ bigbuddha:in place for pronoun constructions, but where the 11/27 22:20
→ bigbuddha:object was a noun, the prefix was understood to be a 11/27 22:20
→ bigbuddha:preposition and moved up to a spot before the verb 11/27 22:20
→ bigbuddha:just a not-so-educated guess. in general, it doesnt 11/27 22:21
→ bigbuddha:make much sense to ask "why" too much for a language 11/27 22:21
推 fizeau:there doesn't have to be an absolute answer 11/27 22:24
→ fizeau:just the discussion itself will matter 11/27 22:25
推 fizeau:well....i haven't yet learned the German language :P 11/27 22:30