Actually, on a serious note now that I think about it...Oui et non. N'etre is technically an abbrieviation as far as I know. So therefore you CAN have ne etre pas, you just sound posh.
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Fri 19 Jan 2007, 20:32,
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and you need a circumflex, rather than a hácek, although that raises interesting linguistic possibilities
/umberto eco blog
edit: doesn't like hacek :(
(/umberto eco blog
edit: doesn't like hacek :(
Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus,
Fri 19 Jan 2007, 20:36,
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