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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/27/2016 10:56 AM, Lieven wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:a3a27a8b-3eff-de1a-d9a6-c842ceeefbad@gmx.de"
type="cite">Am 27.07.2016 um 16:46 schrieb SuStel:
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<blockquote type="cite">intended. If I write my name at the bottom
of a letter, that is not
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*qI'.* If the President of the United States writes his or her
name at
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the bottom of a bill, that is *qI'.*
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I belong to those people who prefer to stretch the meaning as far
as possible. So since we do not have the word for "sign a letter"
I think it's okay to use "sign (a treaty)" for that purpose.
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I think this treaty thing is added just to make sure that it's a
the verb for writing your name on a paper, and not "to make a
sign": "He signed to her to go away."
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<p>I think this treaty thing is added just to make sure that it's
the verb for authorizing an agreement like a treaty, and not "to
make a sign" or "sign one's name."</p>
<p>You see the problem here...</p>
<p>Furthermore, in the <i>Star Trek</i> universe, not all treaties
are signed on paper. ("The treaty, set by subspace radio...")</p>
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