tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Apr 25 22:54:47 2004
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ambiguity of {not} in sentences with relative clauses
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: ambiguity of {not} in sentences with relative clauses
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 01:54:02 EDT
In a message dated 2004-04-26 1:50:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
> I don't see a problem with {SIbDoHmey vIleghbogh pongmey}. However, I did
> immediately see a (potential) problem with {not} - in this case it's
> ambiguous whether {not} refers to the {legh}ing or the {Sov}ing.
> i.e., your sentence could mean
> >i never know the names of the satellites i see
> but it could also mean
> I know the names of the satellites I never see.
>
>
i wondered about that too, but didn't worry about it. thanks for the
suggestion about splitting the sentence to avoid that ambiguity.
lay'tel SIvten
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