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Date: Wed Dec 18 19:39:38 1991
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From: "F. Schulz" <cbmvax!uunet!pucc.princeton.edu!fschulz>
Subject:      tutorial question
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To: John Cowan <cowan@snark.thyrsus.com>, Ken Taylor <taylor@gca.com>
Status: RO

In

   Diagrammed Summary of Lojban Grammar Forms with Example Sentences

the following appears:

     "po'u" identifies a sumti by giving another IDENTITY in the form of
     another sumti that could equivalently replace the original:

          la djan. po'u le ctuca [ku] [ge'u] [cu] klama [vau]
          -------- <    -------------    |        =====
          John, the teacher, comes.

It appears to me that the cu in front of klama is not optional.
Or do I not understand what [ ] means?

        Frank Schulz ( fschulz@pyramid.com )