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== Scope creep == | == Scope creep == | ||
One common beginner mistake is to rephrase sentences | One common beginner mistake is to rephrase sentences involving {{tone|5}} using a [[serial verb]], under the impression that the meaning stays the same: | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
{{t|Shỏe jí kûq súq | {{t|Shỏe jí kûq súq sıa rảı da.}}<br> | ||
→ 🤔 {{t| | “I allow you to say nothing.”<br> | ||
→ 🤔 {{t|<u>Shỏe kủq</u> jí súq sıa rảı da.}}<br> | |||
“I allow-to-say you nothing(?)” | |||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
However, the {{tone|5}} clause that was limiting the scope of {{t|sıa}} is now gone, which means that {{t|sıa}} scopes over the whole sentence. The meaning of the sentence thereby | However, the {{tone|5}} clause that was limiting the scope of {{t|sıa}} is now gone, which means that {{t|sıa}} scopes over the whole sentence. The meaning of the sentence is thereby changed to ''“There is nothing that I allow you to say”''. | ||