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Re: Using {law'/puS} (was Re: jIqontaH.)



On 22-Mar-99, Steven Boozer wrote:
> Voragh:
>> <ghot> lo' Okrand law' <nuv> lo' Okrand puS 'e' wISov neH.
> 
> maHvatlh (Zrajm C Akfohg):
> : pab'a' mu'tlheghvam? vIyaj 'ach lughlaHbe''a'?  
> : <A Q law' B Q puS> vIjatlh TKD (p.70). 
> : nuqDaq Datu' mu'tlheghvam chut?
> : <O-V-S law' O-V-S puS> 'oH'a', chutlIj?

> You're right.  I'm not sure whether using {law'/puS} like this is kosher,
> but you obviously understood it right away.  I was trying to say: "We only
> know that Okrand uses {ghot} more than (Okrand uses) {nuv}".

HISlaH. Dajmo' mu'vam DachenmoHchu'. vIparHa'bej.

> We've seen Okrand use {law'/puS} for comparing things other than simple
> qualities ("Q"):

>     QamvIS Hegh qaq law' torvIS yIn qaq puS 
>     Better to die on our feet than live on our knees. ST6
>     "Dying while standing is preferable to living while kneeling." TKW

> (Note that this phrase seems to be an old, possibly {no' Hol}, quotation;
> the verbs would be {QamtaHvIS} and {tortaHvIS} in "modern" 24th century
> {ta' Hol}.)

[snip­snip]

> That being said, I wonder if these variants are grammatical:

>     ?<ghot> lo' Okrand law' <nuv> lo' puS.
>      Okrand uses {ghot} more than (he uses) {nuv}.

>     ?<ghot> lo' Okrand law' latlh lo' puS.
>      Okrand uses {ghot} more than (he uses) the other (one).

>     ?<ghot> lo' Okrand law' Hoch lo' puS.
>      Okrand uses {ghot} most (of all).

toH. jISovbe. 'IHbej. bIyajpu 'e' ngeD. mujlaHchu'be' qechvam.

/Greetz, Zrajm C

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