41 how to diagram noun clauses
​ **Today I’m going set the record straight on Korean.** I hear and read a lot of defeatist nonsense about how much of a Goliath the Korean language is. The main excuse I hear from expats who have been living in Korea for many months or even years as to why they never bothered learning Korean is that **it’s just** **too difficult** – they tried when they first got here but then gave up shortly after. I was chatting to an expat in a bar last week who concluded that **I** **must... Here's the example. Santa Claus has a workshop and needs to track the toys being made by each elf in a database. So his developer draws a diagram to be sure he understands. `(ELF)-[MAKER_OF]->(TOY)` and an arrow the other way... `(ELF)<-[PRODUCT_OF]-(TOY)` The arrow matches the English reading order, SVO (subject-verb→object) Seems simple enough. When the code is written based upon the diagram, we get an object for representing the relationship (bad) class ElfMakesToy ... ...