tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Sep 14 13:59:06 1998
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Re: How do I say...
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: How do I say...
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:57:23 CDT
> : najtaHvIS torgh, be' legh.
> :
> "While Torg is dreaming, he sees a woman."
>
> Absolutely. But I notice you needed to add a comma after {torgh} to
> distinguish this from:
>
> najtaHvIS, torgh be' legh.
> While s/he is dreaming, s/he sees Torg's woman.
>
bIlugh jay' :)
of course you have the same problem, kind of, with full stops:
naj torgh. be' legh. vs naj. torgh be' legh.
hmmm...
> Punctuation is a wonderfully simple invention, allowing great subtlety in
> the written language. (In speech of course you'd use pauses of different
> lengths or intonation to distinguish the various meanings.) We shouldn't
> hesitate to take advantage of it to add precision - dare I say "accuracy" -
> and power to our writing.
>
I, of course, let myself be guided by German punctuation rules...
Marc Ruehlaender
aka HomDoq
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