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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/27/2021 8:55 AM, Will Martin
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<div class="">Secondly, you should note that {vaj} is not a
conjunction. It’s an adverbial. It’s often used on the main
clause after a conditional (dependent) clause. It’s not really
intended to connect independent clauses like a conjunction does,
though it can introduce a second sentence that results from the
first. “I speak Klingon. Therefore, I am a nerd.” {tlhIngan Hol
vIjatlhlaH. vaj jIven.} In translation, you can replace the
period with a comma, but in Klingon, it’s actually two
sentences.</div>
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<p>Strictly speaking, punctuating like this: <i>I speak Klingon,
therefore, I am a nerd,</i> is a run-on sentence. These remain
independent clauses, so they must be connected with a semicolon: <i>I
speak Klingon; therefore, I am a nerd.</i><br>
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