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From: Ross Ogilvie <ross@rossogilvie.id.au>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 12:12:44 +1000
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Subject: Re: [lojban] One end cmavo to rule them all
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"We can't close any open clauses until we've closed that most recent one".
This only sort of true. If there are a stack of open clauses, we can close
several at a time by closing one in the middle of the stack, which forces
all the ones more recent than that to close. If there was only one word for
closing, you would have to repeat it a lot, and people aren't so good at
numerically counting levels.

-- Ross


On 7 August 2014 11:11, TR NS <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:

> Why are there so many "end-whatever" cmavo? We can't close any open
> clauses until we've closed that most recent one, correct? So why not just
> have one "end current clause" cmavo?
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>&quot;We can&#39;t close any open clauses u=
ntil we&#39;ve closed that most recent one&quot;. This only sort of true. I=
f there are a stack of open clauses, we can close several at a time by clos=
ing one in the middle of the stack, which forces all the ones more recent t=
han that to close. If there was only one word for closing, you would have t=
o repeat it a lot, and people aren&#39;t so good at numerically counting le=
vels.<br>

<br></div><div>-- Ross<br></div></div></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra=
"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 7 August 2014 11:11, TR NS <span di=
r=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:transfire@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">tran=
sfire@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Why are there so many &quot=
;end-whatever&quot; cmavo? We can&#39;t close any open clauses until we&#39=
;ve closed that most recent one, correct? So why not just have one &quot;en=
d current clause&quot; cmavo?<div>

<br></div><div>.trans.</div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">=
<div><br></div></font></span></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#8=
88888">

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