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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Is this correct ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nIqolay Q)
Tue Sep 26 12:09:22 2017
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From: nIqolay Q <niqolay0@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 12:09:18 -0400
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On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 11:37 AM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
> The sense of distance comes, not from the number of words, but from the
> fact that you've got a sentence-as-object inside a relative clause before
> you ever get to the subject of the original verb. That's a lot of grammar
> to parse mentally before you find out what it is you're even talking about.
>
That's a fair point. In this particular instance, I didn't think it was
that confusing. The object sentence in the relative clause is only one
word, {ghol}, and I think the short sentences and only one noun make it
easier to comprehend. But I think that's probably close to the upper limit
of complexity worth putting up with (assuming this construction is
grammatical at all, of course).
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original verb. That's a lot of grammar to parse mentally before
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