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Re: adverb suffixes???



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


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