tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 16 11:35:13 2003

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Re: 'aH tIQ



At 03:25 PM 4/15/03 -0400, you wrote:
>From: "...Paul" <[email protected]>
> > But see, they're the same thing in this case.  Otherwise, you do have a
> > serious issue with sentence fragments.  We have to identify what
> > /wanI'vetlh/ *is*.  Is it the event of an angry mob thinking or being able
> > to think?  If so, why use /-chugh/?  The event is not "if a mob can
> > think".  In that case, it would be "QublaH ghom'a'.  vaj qubbej
> > wanI'vetlh" "Mobs can think.  Then that event is rare."

Now THAT sounds clunky to me.  If you start out by saying "mobs can think" 
then it sounds like you are making a blanket statement that mobs are in 
fact able to think.  If so, then why is the event rare?

SuSvaj



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