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- "Til og med jeg kan danse!"
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so 'til og med' isn't reagrded as adverb here or... it's got me wondering why 'kan' is in the third position
YES, its the third comment to your post from me! But I found the answer. "Second position" does not mean that it will be second literally, it refers only to the logic. You will see the same thing happening with examples like "only you". So til-og-med-jeg is ALL counted as first position. Sorry for overposting, there is no edit button in mobile app :)
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In this case, "kan" is not in the second position. I understant that "til og med" is a single phrase and occupies the first position, but... What about the "jeg" there? Shouldn't it be after "kan"? How could I explain that?
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Is there a way to correlate "til og med" word-by-word with "even" or is it purely idiomatic?
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Looking at it, it means "up to and including me". It's a very long-winded way of saying "even I" I think it probably demonstrates that english is a very mongrel and complex language, in some ways.