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Ridicully ([personal profile] ridicully) wrote2004-10-02 11:34 am

Pedantic isn't quite the right word.

To the radio station who did the report on "Two families in Germany, East and West, fifteen years after the reunification.":
Could you please get the dates right? The Berlin Wall fell 15 years ago on November 9th. The official reunification date was 14 years ago on October 3rd. It's not really hard and would safe me screaming at my radio every time the moderators say it wrong.
And since I'm already screaming at it every time they misuse a dative while ignoring a poor little genitive, this would be a Very Good Thing.

[identity profile] eilanhp.livejournal.com 2004-10-02 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Don't even get me started on the genitive. My father and my teachers hammered the difference into my head. I now go around correcting people who do it wrong :)
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[identity profile] schnurble.livejournal.com 2004-10-04 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod ;o)