[tlhIngan Hol] Is this correct ?

[SuStel]

On 9/26/2017 11:33 AM, nIqolay Q wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 10:47 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mihkoun at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     I agree. The original sentence {jeSlaH ghoj neHbogh nuvpu'} seemed
>     weird to me too, with my original confusion being whether the {nuvpu'}
>     could be the subject of the {jeSlaH}, since it was so far away from
>     it.
>
>
> Why not? It wouldn't be any further away from the verb than it would 
> be in a more usual relative clause that didn't have a sentence as 
> object, like {jeSlaH yuch neHbogh nuvpu'} "The people who want 
> chocolate can participate."

The sense of distance comes, not from the number of words, but from the 
fact that you've got a sentence-as-object inside a relative clause 
before  you ever get to the subject of the original verb. That's a lot 
of grammar to parse mentally before you find out what it is you're even 
talking about.

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SuStel
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