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Re: Interrogative mood (Re: Hello...)

From:Elliott Lash <al260@...>
Date:Thursday, November 16, 2000, 4:14
Jesse S. Bangs ániyë

 I'm not sure about names for the volitive and potential--do
 those look right to Those In The Know?  Also, the modal prefixes are
 agglutinable with each other, so the total number of possible moods is
 quite large.


The potential is alright, though I would change the volitive
to desiderative. Personally however, I've always found this
name to be a bit misleading. Doesn't it look as if it would mean
"I desire that someone do X" rather than "I want to do X" ?
Unless I've been totally confused (Sanskrit can do that to
a person). If you want, just keep volitive, it makes so much
more sense.

Elliott.