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| In a message dated 11/3/2002 2:34:55 PM Central Standard Time, a.rosta@hidden.email writes: << Okay. As I see it, ni doesn't have ce'u, it has no symmetry with ka, >> Well, {ka} doesn't ne {ce'u} either, though it most commonly has it, while {ni} apparently most commonly does not. And, of course, {jei} with {ce'u} is clearly different from all of the others (though close to {du'u} with {ce'u} in extension). << I am more than averagely free from semantic solecisms (my errors are largely syntactic). >> This from a man who proposes myopic singulars as an explanation of something! << But the difference between ni & jei is analogous to (tho not synonymous with) that between "the extent to which" and "whether". That's a useful distinction in English, though I can see how it might also be useful to be able to conflate them. >> Conflation seems a bad idea, although it is useful to see whether and, if so, how, thye correlate with various bridi. How much tallness is needed to be truly tall? |