tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 06 16:46:24 1999
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Re: adverb suffixes???
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: adverb suffixes???
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 19:45:53 EST
jatlh charghwI':
>Word order in English is so flexible, as are the use of helper
>words. My favorite example
>Only I hit the baby in the head.
>I only hit the baby in the head.
>I hit only the baby in the head.
>I hit the only baby in the head.
>I hit the baby only in the head.*
>I hit the baby in only the head.*
>I hit the baby in the only head.
>I hit the baby in the head only.*
>* Only three of these are duplicate meanings.
Three of these are only duplicate meanings. ;-)
jIjatlh:
>Personally, I like the use of rovers on adverbs...but I won't use them
unless
>such usage becomes canonical.
jang charghwI':
>maQochbe'chu'.
maj...'ach <<maH>> yIngu'.
- DujHoD