Date:  Fri, 24 Oct 1997 16:54:27 -0500 (EST)
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From: Mark Vines <vinesm@wholefoods.com>
Subject:      Re: ni
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la lojbab. cusku di'e

> As for as the language design goes, ANY kind of sumti can
> go in any place of any selbri.  The semantics might be
> impossible, but that just makes life more fun.  So far as
> I am concerned, this debate is about what is semantically
> sensible in the specified places, which is not a grammatical
> issue and is not intended to be covered by the refgrammar or
> the gismu list in quite so authoritative a sense as the
> grammar is covered.

.ui mi spuda la lojbab di'e

Bravo!

This should eliminate a lot of confusion & anxiety among new
& potential learners of Lojban.

co'omi'e markl.