tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 16 09:43:31 1997
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Re: Read Last
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Read Last
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 09:43:16 -0700
At 05:43 97-10-16 -0700, ghunchu'wI' wrote:
}'oghpu' muHwI':
}>Maybe two (of them) sell either a city, a zero, a hand or a glove:
}
}ja' Qov:
}>BTW in English the word "either" can only be used when there are two
}>choices. For more than two we say "one of."
}
}I know how much you hate being nitpicked, but "either" as a conjunction
}can go with any number of things connected by "or". It's when one uses
}"either" as an *adjective* that it refers to one of exactly two things.
}For more than two, "one" works fine; "any" can be used instead.
}
}"Either a quarter, a nickel, or a dime is sufficient." This is fine,
}as is muHwI's English sentence above.
jIyay'. vISovbe'bejpu'. muj mu'tlheghvetlh wa'Hu' 'e' vIHar. DIch Daghaj'a'?
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian