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Re: [lojban] Re: y: what is it good for?



On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 06:49:21PM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> 
> --- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > It was doing something that was irredeemably wrong; this has been
> > fixed. There is now an explicit special case in si-clause for "Y BU
> > SI SI", resulting in:
> > 
> > KOhA=( da y bu si si )
> 
> What about {zo y bu si si}?

zo y bu is invalid, for reasons previously discussed.  Anything of the
form "zo X bu" is invalid.

Furthermore, zo y bu si si leaves a zo with nothing in it, so it's
guaranteed not to work.

However, "zo y bu si si da" comes out as 
"ZO=( zo y bu si si ) zoClause=( da )".

> Every "explicit special case" you add to the grammar is a special
> rule we have to learn. ".

Sorry, but there's no way I can get rid of ybu without the mandate of
the BPFK, as you are well aware.

-Robin

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