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Subject: Re: [lojban] One end cmavo to rule them all
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On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 10:13:17 PM UTC-4, Ross Ogilvie wrote:
>
> "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.
>

Ah, that is a great point. Though it would probably not be so common b/c 
people aren't so good at keeping track of too many levels in general, as 
you point out (regardless of actually counting them). It would still be 
nice to have a word for close-current-clause. (Maybe there already is? I 
could not find a cmavo for it.) Also, thinking about the use case you 
describe, it occurs to me that it would be much easier to remember a single 
cmavo that worked in conjunction with the opening cmavo, e.g. `ke melbri 
nixli kexo ckule` instead of `ke melbri nixli ke'e ckule` where `xo` is 
some cmavo that means "close the cmavo I just mentioned".

.trans.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><br>On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 10:13:17 PM UTC-4, Ro=
ss Ogilvie wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margi=
n-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><div><div><div>"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 cla=
uses, we can close several at a time by closing one in the middle of the st=
ack, 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 a=
ren't so good at numerically counting levels.<br></div></div></div></div></=
blockquote><div><br></div><div>Ah, that is a great point. Though it would p=
robably not be so common b/c people aren't so good at keeping track of too =
many levels in general, as you point out (regardless of actually counting t=
hem). It would still be nice to have a word for close-current-clause. (Mayb=
e there already is? I could not find a cmavo for it.) Also, thinking about =
the use case you describe, it occurs to me that it would be much easier to =
remember a single cmavo that worked in conjunction with the opening cmavo, =
e.g. `ke melbri nixli kexo ckule` instead of `ke melbri nixli ke'e ckule` w=
here `xo` is some cmavo that means "close the cmavo I just mentioned".</div=
><div><br></div><div>.trans.</div><div><br></div></div>

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