tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 05 17:39:34 1998
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Re: -taHbe' v -be'taH
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: -taHbe' v -be'taH
- Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 14:59:00 -0400
From: William H. Martin <[email protected]>
>If you feel that I am wrong in this, I will begin to recite
>every canon example of negation I can find as evidence for the
>validity of my interpretation. Do you really care to endure
>that?
Your doing so wouldn't prove anything. Your use of {-be'} negating the
immediately preceding element DOES happen. It happens MOST of the time.
This is not in question. But that's not ALL that can happen. Sometimes,
{-be'} negates more than just the immediately preceding syllable. I've
already pointed out two "canon" examples of this, and I'll bet there are
more. I, however, have no intention of going through the entire canon,
because I've already found counterexamples.
This negation business is not an all-or-nothing deal.
SuStel
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