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Re: Questions on "expanded" noun-noun phrases

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Philip Newton)
Tue Aug 30 09:58:18 2011

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From: Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:50:34 +0200
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On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 15:22, Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se> wrote:
> Then, of course, one can also interpret it as "Warrior #3's weapons", but if that were the correct interpretation, it'd probably be clear from context. Also, one can specify this by writing SuvwI' wejDIch nuHmey.

Hm, if you have five Klingons in a row and they all have personnel
numbers, then the third Klingon might not be Klingon #3....

Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>




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