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From: Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>
Subject: [lojban] Re: My parser, SI, SA, and ZOI
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--- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 06:20:33PM -0400, Nora LeChevalier wrote:
> > Also, from a making-sense point of view, I prefer "si" after the
> > closing delimiter to delete the entire zoi phrase (back to and
> > including the zoi).  To say that "The first SI after the close of a
> > ZOI clause erases the closing delimiter..." would make one think the
> > next thing said is part of the inside of the ZOI; so you would never
> > be able to get back to the ZOI.  
> 
> Yes, I understand your point completely.  I'd love to hear other people
> chime in on this point.  The problem is that SI is only supposed to
> erase one previous word, so we're moving in to the realm of "not
> justifiable under current standards".

I tend to agree with Nora. "Word" is not a very clearly defined word
at this level anyway. Consider:

   {zoi gy Is this one word? gy bu}

{bu} is suposed to turn the previous word into a lerfu.

   {zoi gy one word? gy zei zoi gy One word? gy}

{zei} is supposed to make two words into a lujvo.

So, if {bu} and {zei} take {zoi gy ... gy} to be a single word,
{si} could just as well do the same thing.

What does {da zo si si} do?

mu'o mi'e xorxes



	
		
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