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Re: new webpage

From:J. Barefoot <ataiyu@...>
Date:Thursday, July 15, 1999, 13:48
>From: Adam Parrish <myth@...> > > Yum, new language web pages. One question, regarding this >passage from the "Articles" section: > ># The polite article is used as a vocative in only a few limited ># circumstances, mostly notably when addressing someone else's relatives ># or in religious inscriptions. > > ... isn't everyone someone else's relative? > >Adam
Um. Yes. Thank you. I suppose that needs clarification. Someone else's elder relatives, when that someone else happens to be present, like, say, meeting your girlfriend's grandparents. Jennifer D'oh! - Homer Simpson _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com