# The language places the verb early and marks grammatical relations by suffixes, as Davis argues.

> Still possible: The language places the verb early and marks grammatical relations by suffixes, as Davis argues.

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# The language places the verb early and marks grammatical relations by suffixes, as Davis argues.

The language places the verb early and marks grammatical relations by suffixes, as Davis argues.

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## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The element Davis identifies as the verb stays in early position across the variants.
- Variation between vessels is concentrated in suffixes, not prefixes.

## What would rule it out

- Newly found vessels show the formula's elements in orders that contradict the proposed structure.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Davis's comparison of the attested variants finds a stable early element and suffixal variation.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHKCQJ4FK1/daviss-comparison-of-the-attested-variants-finds-a-stable)

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## The questions it answers

[What can be learned of the grammar from the libation formula?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/questions/QST0CQHK4XJ022M/what-can-be-learned-of-the-grammar-from-the-libation-formula)

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