tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 02 14:02:06 1999
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Re: KLBC: Undoubtedly continue to..
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- Subject: Re: KLBC: Undoubtedly continue to..
- Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 17:01:31 EST
jatlh charghwI':
>Face it. {-moH} is a problem. I basically believe that it has
>simple, limited utility and people try to push it too far.
>Overwork {-moH} and communication fails to happen. I feel like
>that now that we have finally stopped overworking {-ghach}, we
>should start a campaign to discourage the abuse of {-moH}. If a
>grammatical tool fails to convey clear meaning, then it works
>best to restrict its use to areas where it works well rather
>than use it frequently and argue about what the result means.
jIQochbe'. Sometimes I wish that {-moH} were a full-fledged verb instead of
merely a suffix. For example, instead of {vISopmoH}, you would say {Sop 'e'
vImoH}. You could just say what was being caused and then add {...'e' moH} to
the end.
- DujHoD