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Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 21:30:11 -0300
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On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 9:13 PM, Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com>
wrote:

> On 26 May 2015, at 22:57, Jorge Llamb=C3=ADas <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
> >
> > The terminator for "sei" is "se'u", but it is very often elidible.
>
> Well, it=E2=80=99s YOUR language, guys, but that pretty much defeats the
> predictability of the system. If you have sei/se=E2=80=99u alongside lu/l=
i=E2=80=99u, why
> can on be elided but the other not?
>

"li'u" can be elided sometimes too, but less often. The reason is that the
type of things that sei-se'u can bracket is much more restricted than the
type of things lu-li'u can bracket.


> >  Is the position of a closing em-dash predictable?
> >
> > Yes, but you need to parse the sentence.
>
> Then it=E2=80=99s not predictable.
>

How does that folow? What do you mean by "predictable" then? Given any
grammatical utterance, you can know without any ambiguity where the em-dash
goes.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 9:13 PM, Michael Everson <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:everson@evertype.com" target=3D"_blank">everson@evertype.=
com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"mar=
gin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D"=
">On 26 May 2015, at 22:57, Jorge Llamb=C3=ADas &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jjlla=
mbias@gmail.com">jjllambias@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;<br>
&gt; The terminator for &quot;sei&quot; is &quot;se&#39;u&quot;, but it is =
very often elidible.<br>
<br>
</span>Well, it=E2=80=99s YOUR language, guys, but that pretty much defeats=
 the predictability of the system. If you have sei/se=E2=80=99u alongside l=
u/li=E2=80=99u, why can on be elided but the other not?<br></blockquote><di=
v><br></div><div>&quot;li&#39;u&quot; can be elided sometimes too, but less=
 often. The reason is that the type of things that sei-se&#39;u can bracket=
 is much more restricted than the type of things lu-li&#39;u can bracket.</=
div><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 =
0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D"">
&gt;=C2=A0 Is the position of a closing em-dash predictable?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Yes, but you need to parse the sentence.<br>
<br>
</span>Then it=E2=80=99s not predictable.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><d=
iv>How does that folow? What do you mean by &quot;predictable&quot; then? G=
iven any grammatical utterance, you can know without any ambiguity where th=
e em-dash goes.</div><div><br></div><div>mu&#39;o mi&#39;e xorxes</div><div=
><br></div></div></div></div>

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