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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Question on Crash Course: .i vs i with no dot
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I feel the dot should be there, to avoid disrupting the novice reader. But=
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basically, and as far as I know (I'm still a novice too), the other answers=
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are true: it is implied.

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Sukender


Le dimanche 17 septembre 2017 22:32:02 UTC+2, Forrest Cahoon a =C3=A9crit :
>
> I'm just starting to learn Lojban, using the Crash Course. I came across=
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> this:
>
> *pa mlatu cu pinxe i le mlatu cu taske*
> *There is a cat that is drinking. The cat is thirsty.*
>
> The course has introduced *.i* as a sentence separator, but not a lone *i=
* without=20
> the leading dot. When I tried this on the lojban parser at=20
> https://lojban.github.io/ilmentufa/glosser/glosser.htm, it appeared to be=
=20
> accepted as valid Lojban, so I guess it's not a mistake.
>
> What are the rules here? Is the dot not always required in front of the i=
=20
> sentence separator?
>
> Forrest
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I feel the dot should be there, to avoid=C2=A0<span s=
tyle=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; white-space: n=
owrap;">disrupting the novice reader. But basic</span>ally, and as far as I=
 know (I&#39;m still a novice too), the other answers are true: it is impli=
ed.</div><div><br></div>--=C2=A0<div>Sukender</div><div><br><br>Le dimanche=
 17 septembre 2017 22:32:02 UTC+2, Forrest Cahoon a =C3=A9crit=C2=A0:<block=
quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-le=
ft: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir=3D"ltr">I&#39;m just starti=
ng to learn Lojban, using the Crash Course. I came across this:<div><br></d=
iv><div><b style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;=
text-align:justify">pa mlatu cu pinxe i le mlatu cu taske</b><br style=3D"c=
olor:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><=
i style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-alig=
n:justify">There is a cat that is drinking. The cat is thirsty.</i><br></di=
v><div><br></div><div>The course has introduced <b>.i</b>=C2=A0as a sentenc=
e separator, but not a lone <b>i</b>=C2=A0without the leading dot. When I t=
ried this on the lojban parser at=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://lojban.github.io/=
ilmentufa/glosser/glosser.htm" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" onmousedo=
wn=3D"this.href=3D&#39;https://www.google.com/url?q\x3dhttps%3A%2F%2Flojban=
.github.io%2Filmentufa%2Fglosser%2Fglosser.htm\x26sa\x3dD\x26sntz\x3d1\x26u=
sg\x3dAFQjCNGg_XeBLz9rjA_6-XXuWHKqNlKaQQ&#39;;return true;" onclick=3D"this=
.href=3D&#39;https://www.google.com/url?q\x3dhttps%3A%2F%2Flojban.github.io=
%2Filmentufa%2Fglosser%2Fglosser.htm\x26sa\x3dD\x26sntz\x3d1\x26usg\x3dAFQj=
CNGg_XeBLz9rjA_6-XXuWHKqNlKaQQ&#39;;return true;">https://lojban.github.io/=
<wbr>ilmentufa/glosser/glosser.htm</a>, it appeared to be accepted as valid=
 Lojban, so I guess it&#39;s not a mistake.</div><div><br></div><div>What a=
re the rules here? Is the dot not always required in front of the i sentenc=
e separator?</div><div><br></div><div>Forrest</div><div><br></div></div></b=
lockquote></div></div>

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