In a message dated 11/2/2001 11:36:03 AM Central Standard Time, rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org writes:
Uhhh, doesn't da keep its binding until changed? Once more (with feeling): Officially, the scope of {da} (its binding) runs out at the next unadorned {i} or similar break marker or at {da'o}, whichever comes first. Informally, we allow it to continue for some indefinite period even after {i} (I'm less sure about the others, but {da'o} definitely kills it). The indefintie period is apparently as long as we keep in mind what {da} stood for. A typical joke would surely be short enough, but maybe not a reasonable novel -- and almost surely not a multigenerational saga. |