[lojban-beginners] Re: I'm... My name's...

[m.kornig@sondal.net]

Selon "Turniansky, Michael \\[UNK\\]" <MICHAEL.A.TURNIANSKY@saic.com>:

>   Periods in lojban much the same purpose as punctuation in any other
> language

No, Michael, I don't agree.

In a Lojban text, periods are optional. Having them
or not having them doesn't change the meaning of the text.
In Lojban, periods are not punctuation marks. In fact,
there are no punctuation marks as such. To indcate
questions or orders you use words like {ma} or {ko}.
For seperating sentences there are words like {i}.

In English, however, punctuation marks may carry essential
information. Consider the following two pairs of sentences
if you don't believe me:

"Bill and Andy, wait for me!"
"Bill and Andy wait for me."

"So you trust this man."
"So you trust this man?"

Cheers, Martin