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On 5/18/05, John E Clifford <clifford-j@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I do not deny that
> {to'e ri'a nai} (left grouping, of course) means
> "in spite of" in a totally regular way; I am only
> claiming that {ri'a nai} is a reasonable form to
> use for this notion on Zipfean grounds if not
> other wise. And, of course, it has been around
> in that sense for (I haven't checked this) about
> 40 years, whereas {to'e} at least is barely a
> decade old.

So we agree that:
- {ri'a nai} beats {to'e ri'a nai} in shortness.
- {ri'a nai} beats {to'e ri'a nai} in tradition.
- {to'e ri'a nai} beats {ri'a nai} in compositionality.

We just disagree on how much weight we assign to each
factor, so that we end up with a different preference overall.

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