Re: A Survey

Adam Walker wrote:
>
> Except that C-a would never allow opportunity for a
> form like "est-ce" to develop, much less add "que"
> after such a form.  And "que ce est" looks more like
> something to introduce a fact than a question.
I didn't mean exactly the same, but a phrase that would mean something
like "Is it that ..."  Perhaps an old question particle could be
preserved in the phrase, so that the original form would've been
something like "[main clause] that (it) is-ne" or "[main clause] that
(it) true is-ne"

Or, indeed, it could perhaps be originally for either a fact or a
question, depending on intonation, but then the fact usage disappeared.

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