Re: OT: German "Satz"

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From: "Harald Stoiber" <stoiberh@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: OT: German "Satz"


> On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:46:29 -0400, Harald Stoiber <stoiberh@...>
wrote:
>
> >"Hauptsatz" would be the main clause where there is also a
> >relative clause
>
> Correcting myself I should rather say that Hauptsatz is every
> clause that can be a grammatically complete utterance in itself.
> Linked by a conjunction, a Hauptsatz can also follow a Hauptsatz.
> Example: "Ich spreche Deutsch, und ich lebe in Österreich."
> (=I speak german and I live in Austria). In the case of
> consecutive main clauses (Hauptsatzkette), a comma separates them
> in writing.
>
> Ok, I didn't want to hold a lecture... just help Andreas get my
> point. ;-)
I ws under the impression that a clause, by definition, can stand on its
own.

> Cheers,
> Harald
>

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