[tlhIngan Hol] Quvar, QISmaS cake Davutta''a'

mayqel qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Sat Dec 31 06:37:40 PST 2016


It certainly looks strange, but after all it is a strange, alien language,
right ? hehehe

Anyway, because I respect yours and SuStel's opinion on this matter, and
because I always accept the advice of experts, from now on I will be using
question marks too !

qunnoH jan puqloD
ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'

On 31 Dec 2016 4:30 pm, "Lieven" <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:

> Am 31.12.2016 um 15:17 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:
>
>> Some time ago I decided to stop using question marks, because I decided
>> that they are unnecessary.
>>
>
> Why did you decide that. Don't you think it looks strange. Would it look
> strange in English.
>
> On the other hand, I believe that other punctuation marks are definitely
>> necessary.
>>
>
> Not really
> It's the same in English
> When you write one line per phrase it's clear the sentence is over
> If you have longer phrases that are longer than one line and may jump into
> the following line you can just leave a space to mark a ne phrase like I am
> doing now
>
> This is the next phrase
>
> So saying that punctuation is necessary contradicts your saying that the
> qustion mark is not :-)
>
> I agree that it is visible from the sentence that it'S a question, but it
> still helps the reading fluency when question marks are used. That's
> actually what they been invented for. I can read your messages, but it's
> still strange to read.
>
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> aka Quvar valer 'utlh
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