Re: French and German (jara: An introduction)
| From: | Harald Stoiber <stoiberh@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 6, 2003, 15:57 |
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On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 11:35:27 -0400, John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote:
>Presumably the very low functional load of these adjective endings means
>that errors don't normally interfere with intelligibility, though.
>How obtrusive is it to make such an error, compared with (say) getting
>a noun in the wrong gender or with the wrong plural, both of which are
>also quite irregular?
In a complex philosophical treatise their functional load is
likely to be relevant but in normal discorse, errors in adjective
endings can usually be resolved to proper meaning - although for
native speakers it could be a little unpleasent to listen. ;-)
Other than that: Unless complex phrase-building is in order,
a wrong adjective ending does not prevent meaningful expression.
May the grammar be with you, *ggg*
Harald
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