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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/16/2019 9:11 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<div dir="auto">I know, that probably there's no Ca'Non for
this, but I'll ask anyway.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Should I write:</div>
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<div dir="auto">raSDaq vIghro' tu'lu' </div>
<div dir="auto">or </div>
<div dir="auto">raSDaq, vIghro' tu'lu' </div>
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<div dir="auto">Should I write:</div>
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<div dir="auto">pa'Daq vIghro'vaD nIm vIqeng </div>
<div dir="auto">or </div>
<div dir="auto">pa'Daq, vIghro'vaD nIm vIqeng </div>
<div dir="auto">or </div>
<div dir="auto">pa'Daq, vIghro'vaD, nIm vIqeng </div>
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<div dir="auto">Should I write </div>
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<div dir="auto">vIghro' gha'cher bo'Degh je vIlegh </div>
<div dir="auto">or </div>
<div dir="auto">vIghro', gha'cher, bo'Degh je vIlegh </div>
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<div dir="auto">Should I write </div>
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<div dir="auto">jISop 'ej jItlhutlh </div>
<div dir="auto">or </div>
<div dir="auto">jISop, 'ej jItlhutlh </div>
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<p>It doesn't matter. It really doesn't. So far as I know, no one
has ever written a popularly accepted Klingon style guide of
punctuation, and even if someone had, it would be a prescriptive
style guide only, not a rule.<br>
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<p>That said, here are my suggestions.</p>
<p>I usually reserve commas for separating purpose and subordinate
clauses from other clauses if they are complex enough to be
potentially confusing, and for separating items in a conjunction
of three or more items (and please include an Oxford comma!). I
might use one to separate a time expression from what comes after
it if it's unclear where the one ends and the next begins.
Occasionally I'll use a comma to separate a quotation from a verb
of speech, though my approach to the punctuation of this has never
settled down. (I am currently not in favor of always using full
quotation marks around the quotation.) I tend to use semicolons
between closely related sentences that have no verbal link between
them (e.g., <b>'uSDaj chop; chev</b>).</p>
<p>I recommend keeping punctuation to a minimum: use no more than
necessary to remove any awkward spots in a text. Don't use it to
show verbal pauses. (If you must show verbal pauses, only do so
when reporting dialogue, and use an ellipsis.)<br>
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