On 8/16/2019 9:11 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
I know, that probably there's no Ca'Non for this, but I'll ask anyway.
Should I write:
raSDaq vIghro' tu'lu' or raSDaq, vIghro' tu'lu'
Should I write:
pa'Daq vIghro'vaD nIm vIqeng or pa'Daq, vIghro'vaD nIm vIqeng or pa'Daq, vIghro'vaD, nIm vIqeng
Should I write
vIghro' gha'cher bo'Degh je vIlegh or vIghro', gha'cher, bo'Degh je vIlegh
Should I write
jISop 'ej jItlhutlh or jISop, 'ej jItlhutlh
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. That said, here are my suggestions. 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., *'uSDaj chop; chev*). 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.) -- SuStel http://trimboli.name