[85703] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: chay' "Get out of the way!" ra'lu'?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (DloraH)
Wed Jun 3 18:54:13 2009
From: "DloraH" <seruq@bellsouth.net>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:50:54 -0500
In-reply-to: <4A26E067.1090208@trimboli.name>
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
> Steven Boozer wrote:
> > Actually my objection wasn't to the placement of conjunctions in
> > general, but the placement/use of {pagh} "or else, either/or"
> > specifically, which (to me) implies a choice between only two
> > options: either/or. Using it with three options seemed odd...
> > rather like speakers who misuse "on the other hand". E.g.:
>
> I see. We shouldn't look at it as a logic problem though. In
> English we
> can say, "I could be right, you could be right, or he could
> be right."
> That's an exclusive or, but one with three possibilities.
>
> I do not believe that /pagh/ or /ghap/ are allowed only two arguments.
>
> --
> David Trimboli
> http://www.trimboli.name/
I look at "either" as differentiating it from "and/or", not as a two-option limitation.
DloraH
