tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 30 00:57:23 1996
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Re: -wI'
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: -wI'
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 9:56:49 MET
- In-Reply-To: <9601291347.AA03535@acsweb>; from "Christian Matzke" at Jan 29, 96 5:47 am
- Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]
>
> Could someone explain the controversy surrounding the use of
> -wI' with the intended meaning of "thing which is"? I have read the
> HolQeD article arguing against it, what's the arguement for it?
>
My personal argument for this is that if you say
Verb-wI' means thing which does Verb = thing which verbs
why shouldn't it work with to be? i.e.
thing which does be green = thing which is green
HomDoq
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Marc Ruehlaender [email protected]
Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany
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