tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun May 22 16:56:30 2005
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RE: Subtle shadings of "then": Okrand's error ?
- From: "DloraH" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Subtle shadings of "then": Okrand's error ?
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 18:56:34 -0500
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> Next: DloraH is also right on target with {Ray Charles'e' qonta'}. I'd
> intended to say something like "It was Ray Charles who composed them". That
> being said, couldn't {-'e'} also be used to *change* the focus of the
> discussion (that is, mark a new topic), rather than just emphasise whatever
> the topic is at the moment? Or is that stretching it?
The first thing that came to mind for setting a focus like that was:
qonwI''e', qonta' Ray Charles.
"As for the composer, it was composed by Ray Charles."
DloraH