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<b style="color:red">Ꝡa</b> chı sá poq, <div style="display:inline-block;border:1px dashed #00b0ff;margin:2px;padding:4px;"><b style="color:#00b0ff">ꝡä</b> faq tú huı kûı sá raı.</div>
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<p style="margin:2px 2px 2em;font-size:12px">[[Complementizer]]s create scopes.</p>
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Ꝡa chı <b style="color:red"><ruby>sá</ruby></b> poq, <div style="display:inline-block;border:1px dashed #00b0ff;margin:2px;padding:4px;">ꝡä faq <b style="color:#00b0ff">tú</b> huı kûı <b style="color:#00b0ff">sá</b> raı.</div>
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<p style="margin:2px 2px 2em;font-size:12px">[[Determiner]]s are limited by scopes.</p>
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<span style="color:red;font-size:12px">∃ poq:</span> Ꝡa chı <b>póq</b>, <div style="display:inline-block;border:1px dashed #00b0ff;margin:2px;padding:4px;"><span style="color:#00b0ff;font-size:12px">∀ huı: ∃ raı:</span> ꝡä faq <b>húı</b> kûı <b>ráı</b>.</div>
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<p style="margin:2px;font-size:12px">Determiners imply [[quantifier]]s at the start of the scope.</p>
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A phrase's '''scope''' is the part of the sentence that that phrase's semantics apply to.
A phrase's '''scope''' is the part of the sentence that that phrase's semantics apply to.
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== Scope creep ==
== Scope creep ==
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<b style="color:red">Ꝡa</b> shoe jí, <div style="display:inline-block;border:1px dashed #00b0ff;margin:2px;padding:4px;"><b style="color:#00b0ff">ꝡä</b> kuq súq <b style="color:#00b0ff">sía</b> raı.</div>
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<p style="margin:2px 2px 2em;font-size:12px">{{t|Sía}} has its scope limited by {{t|ꝡä}}.</p>
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<b style="color:red">Ꝡa</b> shoe kuq jí súq <b style="color:red">sía</b> raı.
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<p style="margin:2px;font-size:12px">Removing {{t|ꝡä}} changes the scope.</p>
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One common mistake is to rephrase sentences involving {{t|{{vy}}ä}} using a [[serial verb]], under the impression that the meaning stays the same:
One common mistake is to rephrase sentences involving {{t|{{vy}}ä}} using a [[serial verb]], under the impression that the meaning stays the same: