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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/28/2017 11:45 AM, Lieven wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:f19b6692-c65f-95bd-2783-92f82bf0d266@gmx.de"
type="cite">Am 28.02.2017 um 16:26 schrieb SuStel:
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<blockquote type="cite" style="color: #000000;">None of them are
used to describe an agentless action, lending credence
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to the argument that the dearth of agentless *-lI'* shows that
it isn't
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allowed.
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Could you rephrase that, so that a non-native english speaking
non-linguist can understand, please.
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<p>One of the three arguments made to support the idea that <b>-lI'</b>
can only be used when someone <i>intends</i> the action to reach
a goal is that of all the canonical examples of <b>-lI',</b> none
involve an action someone did not choose a goal for. "If <b>-lI'</b>
can be used for stopping points not intended by anybody," goes the
argument, "why don't we see any examples of this in the canon?"<br>
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<p>Voragh listed seven examples of <b>-lI'</b> from <i>paq'batlh,</i>
all of which are about actions in which someone intends a specific
outcome.</p>
<p>With an even greater number of examples of <b>-lI'</b> that do
not show that someone set up a goal intentionally, the "why
haven't we seen any?" argument grows stronger.<br>
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