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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/22/2018 11:28 AM, Lieven L. Litaer
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cite="mid:e17f4753-4c73-ac4d-3512-97d2d2184e4a@gmx.de">Am
22.08.2018 um 17:08 schrieb SuStel:
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<blockquote type="cite">Jesus Christ.
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<blockquote type="cite">So forgive me if I condense all those
paragraphs down to "only." BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.
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Please, calm down.
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It was YOU who has always taught me not to interpret TKD just
because one thinks that's what it means.
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It was YOU who has always attacked me just to say that if it's not
explicitely written down than we cannot assume that it's the way
we understand it.
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Okrand does not use the word "only".
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You did. You just did what you always accused me of doing.
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<p>I did not say there's a RULE that other question words can't be
used as pronouns. I said "only <b>'Iv</b> and <b>nuq...</b> act
like pronouns." I didn't say Okrand denied any others. Those are
the ones described in the text as acting like pronouns; all the
others are given different instructions. With all question words
accounted for, ONLY <b>'Iv</b> and <b>nuq</b> act like pronouns.
The others don't, because they are explicitly used in other ways,
and because they were left out of the <b>'Iv</b> and <b>nuq</b>
description.</p>
<p>That doesn't mean Okrand can't add such a use later. But it does
mean that using, say, <b>'ar</b> as a number pronoun violates the
instructions for its use, and adds the word to the list of
pronoun-like question words that Okrand did NOT add it to himself.
You are making up new rules of grammar that violate the existing
rules.</p>
<p>I do not say don't interpret TKD; I do not say don't say anything
that is not explicitly stated. I DO say not to ADD anything to
your interpretation that isn't explicitly stated or demonstrated
through example. My saying "only" doesn't deny the possibility
that Okrand will later give us an explicit statement or a
demonstration through example.<br>
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