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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 21:36:01 -0200
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Subject: Re: [lojban] [oz] Use of elidable {cu}
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On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 8:22 PM, selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de> wrote:

>
>    lo nu broda pu cinri
>    ! "The event of brodaing in the past is interesting."
>

Actually it's even worse than that, it's just a sumti: "the brodaing in the
past type of interesting thing."

Using {cu} before {pu} is necessary there to prevent the accidental
> slipping of the {pu} into the abstraction. So maybe that's one reason to
> use {cu} even when it's not necessary: to be less likely to forget it where
> it must be used.


Yes, it's a good idea not to rely on tenses to do the job of "cu", as they
can't always do it.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote">On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 8:22 PM, selpa&#39;i <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<=
a href=3D"mailto:seladwa@gmx.de" target=3D"_blank">seladwa@gmx.de</a>&gt;</=
span> wrote:<br>
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x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
=A0 =A0lo nu broda pu cinri<br>
=A0 =A0! &quot;The event of brodaing in the past is interesting.&quot;<br><=
/blockquote><div><br></div><div>Actually it&#39;s even worse than that, it&=
#39;s just a sumti: &quot;the brodaing in the past type of interesting thin=
g.&quot;=A0</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex=
;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Using {cu} before {pu} is necessary there to prevent the accidental slippin=
g of the {pu} into the abstraction. So maybe that&#39;s one reason to use {=
cu} even when it&#39;s not necessary: to be less likely to forget it where =
it must be used.</blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>Yes, it&#39;s a good idea not to rely on tenses to do t=
he job of &quot;cu&quot;, as they can&#39;t always do it.</div><div><br></d=
iv><div>mu&#39;o mi&#39;e xorxes</div><div>=A0</div></div></div></div>

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