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Re: William Martin, petaQ SoH

• From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
• Subject: Re: William Martin, petaQ SoH
• Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 19:16:16 -0500

ghItlh charghwI':
>toH, HoDHomHey SoH. <batlh pagh Daghaj!>? "You have honor
>#0."? Is that like having room number 7? <'Iw Sud>?

ghItlh ~mark:
>Well, pagh is given as a number; it could be numbering how much/many honor
>your have: none.

When the number *follows* the noun, it specifies which noun one is dealing
with.  When the meaning is "how many" (in the case of {pagh}, "how much" is
probably okay), the number should *precede* the noun.

-- ghunchu'wI'               batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj

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