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Re: DIvI' Hol mughmeH: any more

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Re: DIvI' Hol mughmeH: any more
• Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 07:30:48 EDT

In a message dated 5/19/2006 4:05:47 AM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> ghItlhpu' Quvar, ja':
> >mu'tlhegh naQ Danobchugh vaj chaq vImughlaH. reH Qatlh
> >mu'tlheghHom neH. Doch law' 'oSlaH <any more>.
> 
> wa' Doch neH 'oSlaH 'e' vIHar. "He doesn't do it any more", "I don't like 
> you any more", 'ej latlh.
> 
> But now that I think about it, Type 3 suffixes should be sufficient to deal 
> with most English sentence containing "any more". {ta'qa'be'} "he doesn't do 
> it any more", {qaparHa'be'choH} "I don't like you any more", and so on.
> 
> QeS 'utlh
> 

This adverbial use (spelled "anymore") means "currently, nowadays, now" in 
negative sentences.  As two words "any more" (as in "I don't want any more 
trouble from you") can be treated simply as "more" (which is also problematic at 
best).

lay'tel SIvten

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