[86548] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Relative clause in a relative clause
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Fri Sep 18 13:39:12 2009
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Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:37:24 -0400
From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:48 AM, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh@wizage.net> wrote:
> Can you use a relative clause in another relative clause?
There's no rule against it. You run the risk of exceeding the ability
of the typical listener to follow the phrase if you take it too far,
though. My advice is to avoid nesting relative clauses, and instead
use multiple sentences with repeated words.
-- ghunchu'wI'
