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Here, the verb is accompanied by a noun marked by de or to. In this
case, mo must mark the verb rather than the noun. If mo marks the
noun, the discourse becomes unacceptable, as in (5).
(5) 6~ 3 /v~;lr++-t;+&~~ifi', @s-+usa, gk I*F~ xzl
TS /*&AI:Sl I&.
(Although Mr. Yoshioka is seventy this year, he runs one kilo-
meter every day. He occasionally dances {at discos, too (as well
as other places) 1 with his wife, too (as well as other women)] .)
(emol (DBJG: 247-50); mo2 (DBJG: 250-53))
2. Mo sometimes appears with no specific reference, as in (6), a typical
opening in written correspondence.
I(5 fik
(6) &0@? &&fFk~&vd ZOZ"~T*$, b>fFifi'%&Z"~~-f
~0
(How are you during cherry blossom season? (lit. Cherry blos-
som information is also heard these days. How are you?))
In this situation, the mo indicates that other things which herald the
arrival of spring are implied while the cherry blossom news is being
reported.

3. Mo is often used in double negative sentences, which can be para-
phrased as nai koto mo nai, as in (7).

b. ti03i z ?~;t;&+r;tb< G~LW, %%~L&~GL>,
(=. . . %fFL;&L\;. I:&&L\$, . . .)
(It's not that I don't understand what he says; I just can't
agree with it.)
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(d mo - mo (this volume; DBJG: 255-57))