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Re: Qov's Sentences

• From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Qov's Sentences
• Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 08:21:38 -0400 (EDT)
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]> ([email protected])

>Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 12:42:48 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "Robyn Stewart" <[email protected]>
>
>Duncan Barrett wrote:

>& quSDajDaq ratlh vIlItIS (ror ghaH). 
>& Vilitis is stuck (remains) in his chair ( [for] he is fat ).
>
>Missing a bit of syntactic glue to hold your sentence together, 
>weren't you? Check the appendix for the type 9 verb suffix, -mo' 

Yeah, -mo' helps, but it's not truly vital, especially for a beginner's
story.  Vilitis remails in his chair (he's fat).  Leaves the relationship
to be inferred.  Yes, -mo' would make it go smoother, but the parens can be
enough too.

~mark

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