tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 07 23:37:41 1995
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Re: }} -mo' and N1's N2
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: }} -mo' and N1's N2
- Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 22:37:41 -0500
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charghwI' writes:
>I'm reminded of the cartoon with the professor doing complex
>math with a blackboard full of formulas with a gap in the
>middle that says, "And then a miracle happened." Where's the
>foundation? Where is the starting point that justifies what you
>propose to do with the language? Where is so much as a subtle
>hint in Okrand's words that suggests that this might be a valid
>grammatical construction?
>
>I have not seen it yet.
In case you missed it in the middle of my previous post on the subject,
check out TKD 3.2.2 for just such a subtle hint. {baH} has an implied
object which accompanies it apparently unscathed through the application of
{-wI'}.
(So there!)
-- ghunchu'wI'