Re: Apostrophes
| From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 19, 2002, 9:57 |
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--- Arthaey Angosii wrote:
> But in a dictionary entry or grammatical discussion, one would talk about
> the <while></while> pair as "ves'kes". Everyone understands that this is
> not a modifier-attachment word but rather a pair of words. I don't think it
> would be better to do a "ves/kes" construction because the ' belongs with
> "ves'" -- the word "ves" doesn't exist.
Well, personally I would suggest: "ves'/kes" or "ves' ... kes". The latter is
how would do it.
> Should I just
> keep using an apostrophe in all three cases, use something different for
> Types 1 and 3, or work on converting the world to Asha'ille's native script?
I don't see any problem in assigning three different functions to the
apostrophe. But if you don't like it that way, you could theoretically handle
it differently in your conscript by using a special character, or even a letter
for one or more of them.
> Arthaey
Is that your real name? Where do you come from?
Jan
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