On 3/25/2019 5:02 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
SuStel:> However, you never established the antecedent in the first> place
What is an antecedent ?In this context, an antecedent is a word which that appears before (ante) a pronoun, to which the pronouns refers. I see the captain. He seems fine. In that sentence, the captain is the antecedent of the pronoun he.
Is it established that Klingon pronouns can’t be used without an antecedent?
No, but I didn't say he can't say his sentence because Klingon
pronouns can't be used without an antecedent. Indeed, I didn't say
he can't say that sentence. He was pushing the boundary of what
was acceptable, because he claimed his proposed pronoun 'oH
was referring to an antecedent ngoDvam that wasn't present
in the sentence, but what he was doing was functionally equivalent
to using 'e' as a subject, which definitely isn't
allowed.
If you have to say it this way, just state ngoDvam
outright and you'll have a much stronger sentence.
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