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Re: Ten Commandments

From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Ten Commandments
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 11:18:51 -0500
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>> >   ghob tIvnISbe'lu'
>> >   One need not enjoy virtue. TKW


ja' DloraH:
>The problem here is the english.
>The klingon is correct.

The English is also correct.  The problem is that it's confusing to someone
unfamiliar with the phrase "need not".  In English, "need not" does not
mean "must not".  It's a somewhat uncommon phrasing which means the same
thing as "does not need to".

-- ghunchu'wI'

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