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Re: Mrenep's answer

From:Dennis Paul Himes <dennis@...>
Date:Thursday, November 11, 1999, 19:19
I wrote:
> Melyvosa fa fomrsnalxomytu.
This is wrong. Even in informal Gladilatian a prepositional has to modify something, even if it's just "u". This should be: Melyvosa fa fomrsnalxomytu u. associated-with.random-journey place = at.not.sentient.modified.something something "The place of the random journey was something at some place not modified by sentients.", or, less literally, "The destination of the = random journey was in the wilderness." I couldn't just use "Melyvosa fa mrsnalxomytu.", because that would imply that the destination was the wilderness, rather than a specific = spot in the wilderness. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D Dennis Paul Himes <> dennis@himes.connix.com http://www.connix.com/~dennis/dennis.htm =20 "It was the *best* butter." - the March Hare