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Re: Imperatives... does this work?

From:Nihil Sum <nihilsum@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 24, 2002, 8:38
I've already found a mistake which must be corrected

> >Now, on its own the third person imperative "Lak'udu yuryes'" would mean >"let him go to Hell," or "may he go to Hell"... The direct quote shows the >speaker's exact words when saying "(you) Go to Hell!" and thus the >imperative is in the third person. But the indirect quote uses the third >person imperative.
Meant to say that the direct quote uses SECOND person imperative, as the exact words quoted. Indirect quote uses the third person imperative.
>speaker's exact words when saying "(you) Go to Hell!" and thus the >imperative is in the SECOND person. But the indirect quote uses the third >person imperative.
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