2004-04-02-email.txt

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  Type: email
  Date: 2 April 2004
  Title: Re: New Wiki page: "Common Grammar Questions And Problems"
  Author: Roger Cheesbro (quoting conversation with Marc Okrand)
  Summary: On questions-as-objects (QAO).
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@midway.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Re: New Wiki page: "Common Grammar Questions And Problems"
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 10:02:36 -0600
In-reply-to: <BAY15-F128M19VMczi90002be3c@hotmail.com>

QeS lagh:

>I can't recall precisely what Dr Okrand has said (to DloraH, I think) about
>QAOs being illegal, so what's on there about that may very well not be
>complete. Can someone check that, please?

"The first one I nailed him with was our lovely QAO.  Uh-oh.  You can not 
use a 'question' as an object; but... it is not known yet if Klingon 
question words can act as one of those ... relative pronoun... The safest 
thing for now would be to recast if possible." (DloraH, personal 
conversation with Marc Okrand [May 1998])



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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