On Jun 10, 2022, at 12:41 PM, Will Martin <lojmitti7wi7nuv@gmail.com> wrote:I think the REAL mystery here is why he didn’t call it {romuluSngan SammeH ‘ej HoHmeH nejwI’}. Hunting and killing is the purpose of the device, not merely a description of its behavior. Then the model of its word order would have been even clearer.pItlhcharghwI’ ‘utlh(ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)
On Jun 10, 2022, at 11:31 AM, D qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:SuStel:_______________________________________________> You wouldn't say Sambogh 'ej romuluSngan HoHbogh> nejwI', would you? Of course not. Ask yourself why not.(If I understand this matter correctly), I wouldn't say {Sambogh 'ej romuluSngan HoHbogh nejwI'} for the following reasons:1. Reading it from left to right it isn't immediately clear who is being located and by who.2. (After reading this thread) I'd understand it as "he/they who is/are located by him/them, and by a probe who kills Romulans".3. There's no already stated noun which is then being replaced by a pronoun (if that's how we call words like "he, she, they, etc).--
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