prefix trick = bad idea

[BestATN@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/7/1999 4:00:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
tlhIngan-Hol-digest-help@kli.org writes:

> tIqwIj Sa'angnIS "I must show you [plural] my heart"
>  (tIqwIj "my heart," Sa'angnIS "I must show you [plural] it")
>  
> 
this trick leaves the real direct object hanging by itself with no link to 
the verb in the form of a prefix.  indirect objects with no direct object can 
be handled this way with no loss of clarity, but even so, it looks to me like 
a major confusion in an area where there is already a lot of confusion.  
elegant simplicity has become tangled mess.  

lay'tel SIvten