| In a message dated 4/17/2001 11:58:52 PM Central Daylight Time,
cowan@mercury.ccil.org writes: Not of "only", but of "not only...but also", which AFAIK has the same Not only are you a fool, you are a scoundrel! The original was <rats not only eat cheese, butalso eat meat lo'e ratcu cu citka lo cirlanalpavmei (gi'eji'a lo rectu) ??? lo'e ratcu cu citka lo cirlapo'onai (.iku'i go'i lo rectu si'a/mi'u)??? Not only rats are eatingmeat, but also cats do. lo'e ratcu nalpavmei cu citkalo rectu (.iku'i lo'e mlatu si'a/mi'a cu go'i) - .i mi senpi le du'u di'u ka'ese smuni le se skudji be mi lo'e ratcu po'enai cu citkalo rectu (.iku'i lo'e mlatu si'a/mi'u cu go'i) ???> Which *may* be of the sort you mentioned, but looks -- and was taken -- to be literally about "only." Notice the different structures used, the "only" modifies content words, not merely structural ones. |