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
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