tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 14 14:37:31 1997

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Re: cheghta' Qov



> cheghta' Qov

chIch jIchegh 'e' DaHar.  :)  ngoDHeyvetlh vIchIDbe'meH chIch jIjatlh 
jIcheghpu'.

> Qov - bIcheghta' 'ej jIbel. 'ach qatlh bIDach? bIghIQta''a'?
> bIghIQta'chugh bIDo'qu'. 

SoSwI' vISuch.  

juHDajDaq jIHtaHvIS, *Fowler's 
Modern English Usage* paq wa'DIch vIlaDqa'.  Dajqu'.  not, not, not 
Hol wIyajmeH maSImlaH neH.  napHa'qu' Hol 'ej 'oH SIghpu'bogh 
wanI'mey'e' loylaHbe' vay'.

> jIQongtaHvIS jIghIQ. 'ach jIbep 'e' DalaD
> DaneHbe'...

jIvumtaHvIS jIQong jIH. 

I reread the first edition of Fowler's Modern English Usage to 
analyse the changes.  When I returned here to see arguments based 
on logic and deduction for one construction over another, I laughed. 
Looking at the path correct English usage has travelled in less than 
a century showed me that never can logic predict normal usage in a 
real language.  

- Qov


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