From BestATN@xxx.xxx Sun Nov 7 07:16:28 1999
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Message-ID: <44114.277.1546.959273825@eGroups.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 10:16:28 EST
From: BestATN@xxx.xxx
Subject: prefix trick = bad idea

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