[83913] in tlhIngan-Hol
TKD 6.2.3 (was Re: Topic)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Anderson)
Thu Jan 10 08:42:37 2008
In-Reply-To: <4785CAFE.4020500@trimboli.name>
From: Alan Anderson <aranders@insightbb.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:39:54 -0500
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Jan 10, 2008, at 2:36 AM, David Trimboli wrote:
> It's at LEAST as valid as, say, picking up on a description of English
> grammar in TKD, combining it with a bizarre and singular example, and
> insisting that Klingon can do "where" relative clauses. :)
How can you still be of the opinion that TKD 6.2.3 is describing
English grammar? It begins by saying "Relative clauses are
translated into English as phrases beginning with who, which, where,
and, most commonly, that." I'll ask once more: what language is this
talking about translating from, if not Klingon?
The "I'm lost" example is indeed singular, but it's only bizarre if
you deny what TKD says. I'm at a loss to understand why you wish to
ignore it, It's _TKD_ that tells us that Klingon can do "where"
relative clauses. All I'm insisting is that TKD 6.2.3 tells us how
to translate relative clauses into English.
