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On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Jorge Llambías wrote:

>
> la xod cusku di'e
>
> > I haven't yet seen a good reason to use le du.
>
> There is no reason not to use it. It has a clear meaning
> determined by the meanings of {le} and {du}. You don't have to
> use it if you don't want to, there usually are alternatives,
> but it is well defined. It is a matter of style which
> alternative you prefer. {du} is the emptiest possible
> description you can get, as it applies to everything.
> {le du} is equivalent to {le su'o da}.


le du means le du zo'e, not le du da, right?

le du is null. It's overly verbose, but I can't justify the rejection of
senseless verbosity on any grounds other than style.



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