tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 11 04:01:39 2002
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Re: Headers. Yet again.
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Headers. Yet again.
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 04:01:29 EDT
In a message dated 6/10/2002 7:42:16 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
> > BTW, while Klingon grammar is not English grammar, in English locatives
> are
> > part of the predicate (aka object). They are neither direct object nor
> > indirect object; they are locatives.
>
> Huh? In English, "locatives" are usually prepositions.
>
Check your English grammar books and teachers: The prepositional phrases
known as locatives are part of the predicate (in English, aka object). So,
your claim that English locatives are usually prepositions is correct but
incomplete; they are still part of the "object" portion of the sentence.
peHruS