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emarks that ne ... not is much preferred to ne in imperative clauses,
whereas no significant survey has been made in previous studies
about later ME except about Chaucer's English, where ne ... not and
not are preferred to ne in imperative clauses as in early ME
according to Kent (1890: 120). As far as the sample of the present
study is concerned, the table below displays the consistent nature of
the present condition all through the ME period:
Imperative clauses19
me/not i ne me. . .notl not I - I Totailsi
lnever,no I - I + I + I
Imperative clauses I
PM (Lamb) I 1 I I I 1 I
PM (Trin) I 1 I I I I I 1 I
IPM(I)gb)I I I I I
I0&N I I 1 I I I 1 I
RH I 1 I I I I I 1 I
ISEL I ii 201 281 3! 21 541
ITotals ofl 4 I 21 I 28 I 3 I 2 I 58 I
I Group 1 I (6.9%)! (36.2%)I (48.3%)! (5.2%)! (3.4%)! I
Havelok I I I 1 I 4 I 1 I 6 I
IG&E I 31 2! 31 61 1! 151
IWS I 21 31 5! 101 61 261
IFerumbrasi I 10 I 5 I 8 I 7 I 30 I
IRA I I 81 51 41 51 22!
IA&D I I I I 2 I I 2 I
Totals ofl 5 I 23 I 19 I 34 I 20 I 101 I
I Group 2 [ (5.0%)I (22.8%)! (18.8%)I (33.7%)I (19.8%)l I
IIll I I I I 3 I I 3 I
1CM I I 3! 3! 15! 16! 371
ICA I 11 I 3! 9! 12! 25!
IHS I 1 I 5 I 11 I 64 I 39 I 120 I
IGGK I I I I 2 I 7 I 9 I
lANA I 1 I I 17 I 15 I 33 I
IiI I I 4 I 10 I 22 I 36 I
ISMA ________ .1 1 I 1 I 6 I 8 I
ITotals of 2 I 10 21 I 121 I 117 I 271 I
I Group 3 (0.7%)] (3.7%) (7.7%)I (44.6%)I (43.2%)!
I ________ Cf. The whole sample of Groups 1, 2, and 3
I Group 1 675 I 924 I 505 I 16 I 44 I 2164 I
I (31.2%)! (42.7%)I (23.3%)I (0.7%)I (2.0%)!
I Group 2 566 I 655 I 295 I 253 I 434 I 2203 I
I (25.7%)I (29.7%)! (13.4%) (11.5%)I (19.7%)!
I Group 3 I 424 I 137 I 112 1639 I 2704 I 5016 I
I I (8.5%)I (2.7%)I (2.2%) (32.7%)! (53.9%)I
19 The two examples in PM are from mutually corresponding lines
(PM Lamb 29, PM Trin 29).
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