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On Wednesday 12 October 2011 15:41:52 Alex Rozenshteyn wrote:
> I just found myself, in English, ending a sentence that started with "I
> assume" with a question mark.
>
> I was asking a question, but I had no question words in the sentence.
>
> {xu mi sruma ko'a} would translate as "Do I assume {ko'a}?", which is not
> what I meant.
>
> Is {pau mi sruma ko'a} grammatical (I expect so)?
> Is it a horrible misuse of {pau} (I hope not)?
> Would you understand it, and would it offend your lojbanic sensibilities?

It is grammatical, and "pau" can be used without a question word, but I'd have 
to see the sentence in context to judge whether it's right.

Pierre

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