[89244] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Questions on "expanded" noun-noun phrases
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (=?UTF-8?B?QW5kcsOpIE3DvGxsZXI=?=)
Tue Aug 30 08:45:18 2011
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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:40:32 +0200
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> What difference exists, then, between "the warrior's three weapons" and
> "three of the warrior's weapons?"
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The first sentence implies that the warrior only has 3 weapons and the
sentence refers to all of them.
The second sentence implies that the warrior has 3 or more weapons (probably
more) and the sentence refers to only three out of them all.
Subtle but important difference when you captured a prisoner and make him
give you his three weapons or three of his weapons. ;)
