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Re: imperatives of verbs of state (round 2)

MorphemeAddict ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol taghwI']

In a message dated 2004-03-13 12:26:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> Why are you so focused on the word "generally"?  

because the original poster said that the suffixes are "required", and kgt 
says different.  since i haven't been in a situation yet where i actually wanted 
to leave them off, it's all been theoretical so far.  
the situation is somewhat the reverse of what you describe.  you gave several 
examples of dr okrand explaining where the grammar is not as strict as 
originally thought.  fine.  but kgt already says the grammar is not rigid in this 
case, yet other people are taking it as written in stone.  

>And if the point isn't to speak as Klingons do, what's the point of
listening to ANYTHING Okrand says?

my point is not with what okrand says.  he's the highest authority on 
klingon, but he's fallible.  there are lots of mistakes in his books and tapes, etc., 
but i'm not too concerned about those, beyond noting the corrections.  my 
concern here is with other people's interpretations of what he says.  i just 
think that they are being too rigid in this case.  

lay'tel SIvten

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