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Re: pro-anything

From:FFlores <fflores@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 21, 1999, 14:12
Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> wrote:
>=20 > I think what's going on here is pronoun =3D noun + var. attributive wor=
ds.=20
> Thus "it" =3D "the large green ball"; but we can't say "the large green=
it".
> (Except in horror movies.) The pronoun takes care of all the other wor=
ds
> that originally modified the noun; the pronoun is thus already modified=
.=20
> I don't think you can say "la grande esa verde" in Spanish, for example=
.=20 No. But I can say "la grande (y) verde" (the large green *one*). I don't know how this is classified in terms of PoS's; there's no pro- anything here, but adjectives becoming nouns. I just realised "one" is a pronoun (though not like the others) AND it can be modified. In Spanish there's not such thing as "one", probably because it's not needed (as above). --Pablo Flores * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * En gian idgrivar fr=FAmneltel frasi=E9rraser gian pavonn be i malladhar siqged=FCer. "Don't blame your enemy for your disgrace=20 if you've just given them a chance." (Traditional Dr=E1selhadh saying)