tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 15 13:30:32 1998
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Re: KLBC: "bicycle pump"
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: "bicycle pump"
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:29:06 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Qov" at Apr 10, 98 06:41:40 pm
According to Qov:
>
> At 11:12 98-04-10 -0700, Voragh wrote:
...
> }Since this isn't really a grammar question, I'll risk Qov's wrath and
> }venture a couple of other suggestions:
>
> not De' lI' Danobmo' jIQeHchoH, Voragh. QaQ qechmeyvam. {buy'} vIqelbe'pu'.
I was startled when I read this, then I realized that I likely
would have written it as:
pIj De' lI' DanobtaHmo' not jIQeHchoH, Voragh.
What you wrote was not technically wrong since the adverbial
for the main verb definitely can preceed the {-mo'} clause, but
it reads as if the adverbial was attached TO the {-mo'} clause,
which in this particular sentence gives the exact opposite
meaning than that I suspect you intended.
> Qov [email protected]
> Beginners' Grammarian
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