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From: Adam COOPER <adamgarrigus@gmail.com>
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Period
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On 10/16/05, Naomi K <alien.juxtaposition@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is it allowable to use the lojban period to the same purpose as an Englis=
h
> comma (show pauses for the reader)?


Nope. The Lojban period is a kind of phonological/morphological entity. It'=
s
there to help retain semantic unambiguity in a text string.

There's the "it's taking me a while to think up what to say" pause { .y. }
or { .yyyyyy. } But Lojban makes the grammatical structure so clear to the
reader that nothing like the European comma is really needed.

mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan

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On 10/16/05, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">Naomi K</b> &lt;<a href=3D"mailt=
o:alien.juxtaposition@gmail.com">alien.juxtaposition@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrot=
e:<div><span class=3D"gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"=
 style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.=
8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Is it allowable to use the lojban period to the same purpose as an English =
comma (show pauses for the reader)?</blockquote><div><br>
Nope. The Lojban period is a kind of phonological/morphological entity.
It's there to help retain semantic unambiguity in a text string. <br>
<br>
There's the &quot;it's taking me a while to think up what to say&quot; paus=
e {
.y. } or { .yyyyyy. } But Lojban makes the grammatical structure so
clear to the reader that nothing like the European comma is really
needed.<br>
<br>
mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan<br>
</div><br></div><br>

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