Re: [edict-jmdict] Particles and Edict

[Jim Breen <Jim.Breen@**********************>]

[Dennis Schrader (Re: [edict-jmdict] Particles and Edict) writes:]
>> Particles or 助詞 are hardly within the purview of Edict. They cannot really
>> be "explained" anyway. Sorry, but they are best learned in "broad strokes"
>> and then "felt" with experience. There have been entire books written with
>> rules for the rules, and these books are the size of an unabridged
>> dictionary.

I think there's a useful middle ground, and the を entry is a good example.
I'm certainly glad to have the major 助詞 covered, but clearly some of the
entries could do with consolidation.

(I use Naoko Chino's "All about Particles" and the Makino/Tsutsui
grammar dictionaries.)

Jim

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