Grammar Lesson

Publication date: 
1977-05
Publication type: 
Short Story
Published: 
Cosmos, May 1977, as Three Vignettes
Opus No.: 
101
Setting: 
Draco Tavern
I.U.C.: 
D.T. 02
Characters: 
Rick Schumann
Summary: 

To an ancient starfaring race like the Chirpsithra, even something as simple as a possessive pronoun can take on interstellar importance.

Reprints: 

anthology, Aliens!, edited by Gardner Dozois and Jack M. Dann (as Four Vignettes);
Convergent Series;
Draco Tavern, The;
Niven's Laws