tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 17 14:36:52 2004
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Re: wave
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 07:55:51 EST, [email protected] wrote:
> In a message dated 2004-01-17 2:12:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, someone
> writes:
>
>
> > But it does not mean a "wave", as the noun of "he waved to me".
> >
> "wave" is a verb in this sentence. it has no noun.
*nods* But I think Quvar was referring to the fact that "wave" can also
be a noun connected with the action of waving ("the noun of [connected
with] this sentence: 'he waved to me'" is how I read it). For example,
one could talk about "the royal wave".
Philip
HovpoH 1524.52
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