tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 19 20:08:05 1996
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KLBC Syntax - I'm Lost
- From: Ken N <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC Syntax - I'm Lost
- Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 23:05:16 -0500
Donald E. Vick said:
>> You also said:
>> That which does not kill us, makes us stronger
>> muHoHbe'wI' muHoSmoHbej
>> Which makes sense and in an order I understand.
> Actually, I believe that this was mine, and it's wrong. The word order
>should be reversed. You probably picked this up when SuStel quoted it to
>correct me.
Why is this wrong. It looks fine and makes sense????????????
Okay, Purpose clauses come first, relative clause act as a noun and as such
comes where the noun should object or subject, subordinate are variable
(speaker preference). I'm not a student of languages but the above appears
to me as a complex (compound) sentence. So why is it backwards. I'm sure I'm
missing something, if not are we putting things backwards just on accound of?
Ken
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more lost than ever