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Larry Hammer ([personal profile] larryhammer) wrote in [personal profile] de_eekhoorn 2024-08-05 07:49 pm (UTC)

The English Wiktionary entry on the ethical dative has three examples, all from Shakespeare. To my ear, they all sound like phrases where a "for" has been omitted: "Knock [for] me at this gate." Without that "for" it sounds either very odd or very dated.

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