Dear Sir,--"_ULO, Greatest seen_," is certainly not right (see page
144); neither is "_AĴO, Work_," entirely correct. The one is a
_person_, and the other a _thing_ denoted by the root, which is,
in the one case, often adjectival, and in the other verbal. The
Text-Book's definition of _ulo_ as "_one remarkable for_" is
somewhat exaggerated. _One possessing the quality of_ would be
better (page 48).
The Text-Book does not give EL, _out of_, among the
prepositions.
I take--AĴO to be adapted from the French--AGE, to which it
corresponds in pronunciation and, to a certain extent, in
meaning.--Kore samideane,
John B. Shipley.
P.S.--Sokta lingvo!!!
The Editor is indeed vexed that such a ridiculous slip should have
remained uncorrected.
He hastens to assure Readers that this is no new rival to Esperanto,
but a delightful speech to be found north of the Tweed (Skota).
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_Multaj_ and _Multe da_ have given rise to several queries.
They are alternative expressions for the English _Many_. Dr.
Zamenhof apparently disliked the dismal series
of--_ajn--ajn--ojn--ajn_ which frequently occurs if the former
method be employed, and so introduced the adverbial locution _Multe
da_, wherein the _Da_ does not require the Accusative case.
Mi havas multajn bonajn fidelajn amikojn malnovajn is less euphonious
than Mi havas multe da bonaj fidelaj amikoj malnovaj.
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Dear Sir,--The Text-Book does not explain (except in a
footnote, p. 41) the use of the Gerund after a preposition:
_e.g._, _instead of reading_; _before returning_; etc.
Of course, the Present Participle used adjectivally will not do. We
must bear in mind that the _Infinitive_ is a _noun_, and
that it is used instead of the Gerund or Verbal Noun on the
Continent. (Anstataŭ ol legi: antaŭ ol reveni).--Via vere,