tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 25 18:18:13 2002
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Re: Headers. Yet again.
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From: "Sangqar (Sean Healy)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: Headers. Yet again.
> > > Again, he's not saying it can't, just that it hasn't.
> >
> >I really think he's saying it can't BECAUSE it hasn't.
> >
> >I'm saying maybe it can, but it doesn't. And that the only way we'll
find
> >out about those that do is if Okrand tells us.
>
> From charghwI's posts, it sounds like he's a strict descriptivist. For a
> strict decriptivist, there's no difference between 'doesn't appear' and
> 'isn't allowed'. Any deviation from what normally appears is considered
> highly marked. If a native speaker used it, other native speakers would
> understand, but they would also know it broke the rules.
>
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