[lojban] unnecessary "be"

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In a message dated 2003-01-03 9:31:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
la filip cusku di'e:

If the sex is not important, only the letter-writing, then {mi pu te xatra
be do} works, but if you want to include "man" then you have to bring the
{poi}-ness in somehow. And then {mi du lo nanmu poi pu te xatra be do}
sounds wrong again -- and {mi nanmu gi'e pu te xatra be do} sounds more like
a {noi} connection than a {poi} one to me. Maybe {mi du pa le ro nanmu poi
pu te xatra be do} or something? Not sure whether {du} is correct in such a
case, since I'm not thinking of one letter-writing man in particular, only
stating that I am one such.

mu'omi'e filip.

if there's no LE, there should be no BE.  right?

{mi pu te xatra be do} should be just {mi pu te xatra do}.
{mi nanmu gi'e pu te xatra be do} > {mi nanmu gi'e pu te xatra do}.

steven lytle

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