re:Das ist grammatisch falsch (Bad German)

["Nicholas C. Menaker" <72074.2716@CompuServe.COM>]

Vaterland ist kein deutsches Wort, aber
it is accepted as a colloquial and historically used in day to day german.
(Umgangssprache)

Yes, Vater is a masculine word , but the word being used was VaterLAND.  Land is
neutral - DAS, and therefore VaterLAND would be DAS as well.  

Sorry for the correction

Nicklaus out



From: ctbottke@tmjb.com
Date: Tue,  4 Jun 1996    8:54:09  +0100
Subject: Das ist grammatisch falsch (Bad German)

Nicholas Menaker writes:
>Depending on when exactly you were switching to German in your sentance, i=
t
>would be EITHER in das fatherland, or in DEM fatherland, but never in der
>fatherland.

>unwaHrscheinlich is spelled with the H
>verboten is not spelled with an F or a second T
>Nicklaus out

To borrow from Eric: BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!!!!!!

No such word "auf deutsch" as Father or Fatherland, so it doesn't matter=20
what case you put it in (nominative, dative, passive, subjunctive, etc.)
It is Vater, it is masculine, and depending on the case/tense verb, it can=20
be "der."

BTW, sentence does not have an "a" and grammar contains no "e".

Todd (loose translation =3D death)
a/k/a
Der Richter (The Judge)