<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Break granted. I honestly did not intend to cause angst.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Typed text is a remarkably imperfect communication medium.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:55 AM, SuStel <<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name" class="">sustel@trimboli.name</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/14/2021 11:48 AM, Will Martin
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<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:EE260DF1-828F-4C31-8528-D5E769AB51CC@mac.com" class="">My issue
is that {-chuqlu’} has to have a plural subject. There doesn’t
seem to be any other setting in which {-lu’} implies a plural
Indefinite subject. That makes it exceptional.
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<div class="">Does the language grant that exception? You say it
obviously does.</div>
</blockquote><p class="">Don't put words into my mouth. I'm not granting exceptions here.</p><p class="">You are correct that the text of TKD says that <b class="">-chuq</b> must
be used with plural subjects. On that basis, it is fair enough to
say that there is some question whether an indefinite subject
qualifies.<br class="">
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<div class=""> Is it obvious to most Klingonists, or do you have a
unique certainty?</div>
</blockquote><p class="">Gimme a break. I offered an opinion, that using <b class="">-chuq</b> and
<b class="">-lu'</b> together offers no conceptual difficulty.<br class="">
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