Re: Relatives, interrogatives and other such particles

Have you stopped beating your wife?

Well, do you even have a wife?
If so, do you supposed I am beating her?
I never started beating my wife, cause I for one, do not have a
wife to beat, and if I had one, I would not beat her, cause I
hope I love and respect her and she the same of me..

Mike

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Sulky" <larrysulky@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: Relatives, interrogatives and other such particles


> On 4/21/06, Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> wrote:
> ---SNIP---
> > This makes it tricky to ask things like
> > "Do you have any cats?" -- the most straightforward way
would
> > be ambiguous with "Which cats do you have?"  This is
> > probably too confusing and I may well drop it.  Or maybe
there
> > is an alternate word for "some/any" that is used only in
> > questions...?  Or a circumlocution like "one or more"?
>
> Wouldn't you just say "Do you have cats?"
>
> ---Larry