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Re: Never violate a universal unless it seems like a good idea at the time

From:Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>
Date:Thursday, September 4, 2003, 20:31
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Andreas Johansson wrote:

> Universal 40. When the adjective follows the noun, the adjective expresses all > the inflectional categories of the noun. In such cases the noun may lack overt > expression of one or all of these categories.
Does (Spoken) French obey this one?
> I guess I shall put my trust in ALF on this point ...
That alien guy from that tv. show? Or is there another ALF more deserving of trust? -- Tristan <kesuari@...> Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement. -- Snoopy

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