The problem with the key and the table (was: Gender and grammar)

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From: Hans Kamp
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 00:00

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Larry Arnold <Larry@larry-arnold.com> schreef in berichtnieuws
7vufgf$f9u$2@lure.pipex.net...
>
> Mark Rosenfelder <markrose@enteract.com> wrote in message
> news:7vtte1$17d$1@eve.enteract.com...
> > In article <38226F76.1267CEDA@intelligencia.com>,
> > Kalen  <paradox@intelligencia.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > As for the purpose of gender, consider English vs. French:
> >   --J'ai mis la cle sur le livre.  --Je ne le vois pas.
> >   "I put the key on the book."  "I don't see it."
> >
> > Is it the key or the book that the second person can't see?  In French
> it's
> > obvious, because of the gender.
>
> In this case yes, but what if you were mising la cle onto la table, you
> coudn't tell anything by gender then.
> of course it would take a particularly large key to hide a table !! :)

Then it is time to give the key back to the giant, before it is hiding you
in its particularly large mouth!

--

Hans Kamp

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