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Draconis
Draconis
06:06
What are people's favorite grammatical constructions?
 
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Joonas Ilmavirta
Joonas Ilmavirta
07:22
@Draconis Maybe a conjunctive of hesitation or the ACI.
Do you have a favorite?
Cerberus
Cerberus
08:00
@Draconis Greetings!
I think that'll be the...I don't know what it's called.
Dicor ferox esse.
Especially in more complex sentences.
It's hard to translate, and yet easy to parse when reading.
Is it an n.c.i.?
I think so.
Joonas Ilmavirta
Joonas Ilmavirta
@Cerberus It is.
I quite like NCI too. I seem to think of it as a passive ACI, seeing the two as the same phenomenon.
@Cerberus That'd depend on the target language. Finnish is quite flexible with this kind of thing, far more so than English.
Cerberus
Cerberus
That's good!
The only thing is that it doesn't have to be a nominative, does it?
Joonas Ilmavirta
Joonas Ilmavirta
09:02
@Cerberus You mean in NCI? I think it has to be.
Or rather, I'd call it something else if it had another case.
NCI, ACI, GCI, DCI, ACI, VCI...
@Cerberus Or do you mean passivizing ACI without a nominative?
 
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RetractedAndRetired
RetractedAndRetired
14:25
@ktm5124 Which question was that?
 
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ktm5124
ktm5124
15:46
Oh, I forget. I think it has received upvotes since.
 
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Joonas Ilmavirta
Joonas Ilmavirta
20:48
Due to a recent enthusiastic comment, let me remind of a meta discussion we had: Should we have topic challenges? What do you think? Is it too early, should we give it a try, would it make any difference to you?
Cerberus
Cerberus
<sits up> OMG, we're emphasised!!
Joonas Ilmavirta
Joonas Ilmavirta
21:06
Is that a royal we or a canine we?
Cerberus
Cerberus
It was we, chatters!

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