Re: USAGE: Circumfixes

On 20 May 2004 John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:

> It's conventional to always asterisk an incorrect, unknown, or hypothetical
> example at the beginning, not at the point of trouble.
  Though, in this case it was a cause of my misunderstanding. :(

> COntent *is* form, especially on this mailing list.
  I don't understand quite correctly what you mean under "COntent
*is* form". However, there's a clear distinction for me between the
topic (=content) of the posting and the language (=form) in which
we express ourself. These two are separate things, and I'm always
surprised when the reflexions are about my language. (The language
that is, in this terms, just an auxlang for me.)

> The difficulty with that is that your English (which is all we
> know of you) is excellent
  Until know I managed to avoid to use clauses with "impossible
if". That would be a point where I would be caught...

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