tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 16 20:45:53 1999
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Re: qa'vIn
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: qa'vIn
- Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 19:59:55 -0500
On the other hand, in {bIjatlhnIS He'So' je mu'tlheghvam 'e' vIHar}, the
first sentence is {bIjatlhnIS He'So' je mu'tlheghvam} and the second
sentence is {'e' vIHar}. It does follow the rules as we know them.
Of course, I think this is very poor style for quotations. In my opinion,
the quotation should not come between two other parts of a Sentence As
Object construction. This is not a rule, this is common sense.
I am one of those people who tends to put the {jatlh} sentence first, and
the quotation second. I do this because frequently the quotations are
multiple sentences in length, and this keeps them distinct from
non-quotations. (Unless we see evidence that quotations are never more than
one sentence in length, I'll continue to use multiple sentence quotations.)
Now, why hasn't anyone mentioned that {He'So'} is being used here as an
English metaphor . . . ?
SuStel
Stardate 99044.6
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, January 16, 1999 2:29 AM
Subject: Re: qa'vIn
>>Furthermore, although it is
>>not necessary to put <jatlh> before the quote, I have seen it often in
canon.
>>This gives: bIjatlhnIS <He'So' je mu'tlheghvam> 'e' vIHar.
>
>This is probably *not* okay. You've tossed the quotation in the middle of
>a sentence as object structure, where it definitely gets in the way. You
>*might* be able to say {bIjatlhnIS 'e' vIHar: <He'So' je mu'tlheghvam} --
>but I wouldn't put money on it.