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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/8/2019 8:07 AM, David Holt wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:DM6PR07MB5529DCA3AB662B1D88C4EB78A4690@DM6PR07MB5529.namprd07.prod.outlook.com">I
agree with Lieven. The original question sounds like you're trying
to be approximate. Embrace the inaccuracy! Is there some reason
that it is important that it has not yet been a complete year? If
so, then you are going to have to make that point separately.</blockquote>
<p>Here's another "no true Klingon" argument. Whether or not a
Klingon would say it does not make it unsayable. And I don't
happen to think that a Klingon wouldn't say it. The advice to be
accurate is not advice to cite data to the umpteenth decimal point
or to cite no data at all, and it is certainly not advice to give
precise but wrong data; it is advice to always use as much
precision as you possess. If all you know is that it was almost a
year ago, but not exactly when, then it would be perfectly
appropriate for you to say so. If you do happen to know exactly
when it was, then cite that date.</p>
<p>As for the original question, I agree with those who say that the
<b>tlhoS</b> in <b>tlhoS wa' ben qaSpu' wanI'</b> incorrectly
tries to apply itself to the noun phrase <b>wa' ben.</b> I like
mayqel's solution of <b>wa' ben HochHom qaSpu' wanI':</b> simple
and accurate, though I feel a little uncomfortable about having
"most of" a particular moment in time. I wonder if one could say <b>wa'
HochHom</b><i> almost one</i> as in <b>wa' HochHom ben qaSpu'
wanI'.</b> I wouldn't feel comfortable using that either, but it
does seem to follow all the rules.</p>
<p>Imprecise time expressions are always a challenge.<br>
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