[[ [2009-04-27] added document [2010-12-25] changed author name to real name instead of Klingon alias Type: email Date: 2 April 2004 Title: Re: New Wiki page: "Common Grammar Questions And Problems" Author: Roger Cheesbro (quoting conversation with Marc Okrand) Summary: On questions-as-objects (QAO). ]] From: Steven Boozer Subject: Re: New Wiki page: "Common Grammar Questions And Problems" Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 10:02:36 -0600 In-reply-to: QeS lagh: >I can't recall precisely what Dr Okrand has said (to DloraH, I think) about >QAOs being illegal, so what's on there about that may very well not be >complete. Can someone check that, please? "The first one I nailed him with was our lovely QAO. Uh-oh. You can not use a 'question' as an object; but... it is not known yet if Klingon question words can act as one of those ... relative pronoun... The safest thing for now would be to recast if possible." (DloraH, personal conversation with Marc Okrand [May 1998]) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons [[eof]]