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 ===Syntactic pivots===
-Syntactic pivoting arises in a natural way from the split-ergative morphosyntax: to wit, if clause A is in an ''accusative tense'' (present, imperfect, or future, in any mood), a following clause B in an ''ergative tense'' (preterite in any mood) may take the subject of clause A as its own patient argument without explicitly stating it.
+Syntactic pivoting arises in a natural way from the split-ergative morphosyntax: for example, if clause A is in an ''accusative tense'' (present, imperfect, or future, in any mood), a following clause B in an ''ergative tense'' (preterite in any mood) may take the subject of clause A as its own "subject" (patient) argument without explicitly stating it.
 Or should pivoting be disallowed as in Irish?
 [[Category:Tíogall]]