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On 26.09.2016 16:43, And Rosta wrote:
> Having given the matter about .0001% of the thought you have, I wonder
> whether the gi'i terminator is optimal. Firstly it would not always be
> easy to work out on the fly when it is and isn't elidable, so the
> prudent strategy would be to leave it in except when certain it is
> elidable. Secondly, when it isn't elided it adds an extra word and two
> extra syllables. A better alternative would be to introduce medial
> conjuncts with _go_ rather than _gi_, and use _gi_ only for introducing
> final conjuncts: {ga JA A go B go C gi D}. (Or, one step neater, use
> _gu_ for medial conjuncts and _go_ for the tanru coordination
> introducer. Or _ge_.)

The only times {gi'i} would not be elidible is if another connective 
follows that is supposed to apply to the entire forethought connection 
to its left. In all other cases {gi'i} is elidible, because each {gi} 
can only devour exactly one sumti, after which the entire connection 
ends automatically.

Your strategy with {go} would involve much more forethought than this, 
because you would have to be absolutely certain that you only want to 
add exactly one more item.

Do you have any situations in mind where working out whether {gi'i} is 
elidible would not be easy?

Thank you for your comment.

~~~mi'e la solpa'i

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