Why can’t you use linear interpolation with quaternions

Basically the question title says it all. What is the reason that you can't use linear interpolation with quaternions?
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A quaternion is a non-linear quantity with three imaginary components as well as a singular real component. A linear interpolation involves one dependent variable and one independent variable. So there's a mismatch between numbers of variables and potentially the number of dimensions.

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