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484 to iu koto wa / to iu noni
used, the content of S should be concrete. In this case, S koto is used, as in
VI.
[5] a. @Ji~d;< hblZkflWZU,39&6 {0l*tL\iI L~%%c
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(I feel that something bad is happening.)
bfibh Leljti LcYw Li be3
b. &&b24fEfl%%T& {0/*tC\31 Lt%E%Lf=,
(We demanded that the president apologize to us.)
However, as in [6], with verbs like tsutaenr 'convey; tell' and kiku 'hear; lis-
ten' both S to iu koto and S koto can be used because the content of S can be
either conceptual or concrete.
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[6] a. ?&7FZa)%3 17 G:%t?-ba ItL\3 /01 Lt %ktLhKiZXf;,
(I told everybody that he would not come to this meeting.)
b. ?&flZ@%b 9 1:%hb\ It~\3 /@I Lt%W~\fc,
(I heard that he would not come to this meeting.)
(+ koto2 (DBJG: 193-96))

to iu noni 2 L\ 5 Ul CC conj.

but; although; in spite of the
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