Re: genitive (was: isolation vs inflection & other features)

Raymond Brown scripsit:

> >I'm not sure the word 'role' is as used as you pretend in the conlang
> >world. Even less in this list. However, I understand what you mean.
>
> I'm not sure I understand the last paragraph.  I don't see anything in the
> writer's words (Mathias' words, I think) to suggest he is _pretending_.
When you don't understand how someone uses "pretend", it always pays to
consider whether they might simply mean "claim".

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