Re: [lojban] hope

[pycyn@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/15/2001 1:46:10 PM Central Daylight Time,
rob@twcny.rr.com writes:

> .a'o mi klama  .i
> mi .a'o klama  .i
> mi klama .a'o  .i
>
> .a'o du'u mi klama

To be really picky, "a'o" applies to the entire text there (because it
occurred
at the beginning of the text) and the other ones are redundant. There would
need to be a .i before the first .a'o.

Well, to be really really picky (not the best thing to do with a poet, by the
way) an initial {.i} would be improper, since there is no preceding sentence
({.i} does not begin a sentence, it continues a discourse).  And the rule
about initial {a'o} is not official (indeed, the official position is for
minimal scope, but really is undefined), so not binding, especially on poets.