Re: Rating Languages

In a message dated 9/28/01 12:16:16 PM, fortytwo@GDN.NET writes:

<< 3.) I'll eat (promisary): "You're going to eat your vegetables, right?"
"Yes,
mom, I'll eat them."
10.) I'll eat (conditional): "I'll eat if you get me something." (Here
the emphasis is on the action taking place if something happens, as
opposed to it not taking place because something doesn't/didn't
happen(s))

I'm saying that those are two different uses of the exact same thing. >>

    Ah, I see.  I think I originally included both because "conditional" is a
term that pops up in languages, and some languages have different forms for
it (like Spanish).  I probably should've just lumped them together in one
number, though; you're very right.

-David