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Ardith Hinton

Paul Quinn

A riddle about cats

January 24, 2019
11:26 PM *

Hi, Paul!  Recently you wrote in a message to Anton Shepelev:

 AK>  Why cats run?
 AK>  BTW, can I ask it without "do"?

 PQ>  No.

 AS>  Thinkest thou so?

 PQ>  At times, yes.


           Hmm.  I suppose one might say:

                    Cats run -- why?
                    Cats run?  Why??


           The simple answer to Alexander's query is "no".  That was my initial
 reaction too.  When Anton questioned it, you realized there were exceptions
but couldn't think of any examples offhand &/or waited for somebody to ask. 
Here's my usual slow & wordy response for the advanced students among us, and
for Paul (who IMHO knows more about this crazy language than he thinks he
does)....  :-)




--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
 * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)

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