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From: kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J. Kriha)
Subject: Re: One point against Esperanto
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In article <3jkk86$4u3@netnews.upenn.edu>,
   ccardona@mail2.sas.upenn.edu (Maelstrom) wrote:
>Antony Rawlinson (antony@cix.compulink.co.uk) wrote:
>
>: Consider the English sentence: 
>
>:         "He loves his father more than his brother".
>:         
>: There is no way of knowing whether *the subject's love for his brother*, 
>: or *his brother's love for his father* is being compared, without adding 

It's not even clear whose brother we talking about, the subject's
or the father's.  Isn't English fun.
Thanks God for reflexive pronouns.

>: clumsy qualifiers.  In Esperanto the sense is neatly expressed:
>
>:         "Li amas sian patron pli ol sian fraton",
>: or      "Li amas sian patron pli ol sia frato",
>
>Doesn't latin do this well enough?? So does turkish and after you get 
>over learning vowel harmony it is a VERY regular language.  I believe 
>there is only ONE irregular verb.  It is also very specific in its 
>meanings.  Perhaps **IT** should be adopted as the EC language.  
>
>
>cris 
>
