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Re: Klingon WOTD: qI' (v)

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: qI' (v)
• Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:47:22 EDT

In a message dated 2004-09-19 12:11:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> If we stick 100% to canon, it says "sign a treaty".
> 
> 

No, it says "sign (a treaty)".  The parentheses make all the difference, and 
are the source of the uncertainty.  Okrand uses parentheses for several 
different reasons, and there is no way to tell exactly why he used them here.

lay'tel SIvten

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