Re: du'u in lieu of ka (was: Re: [lojban] Toward a {ce'u} record

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, John Cowan wrote:

> And Rosta wrote:
>
> > Ruloid 1.
> > Zo'e fills any empty place.
> > [I *think* this is somewhere in Woldy.]
> >
> > Ruloid 2.
> > Zo'e cannot be construed as ce'u.
> > [Thus spake The Cowan, recently.]
> >
> > Ruloid 3.
> > Ce'u can be elided.
>
> I meant that an explicit zo'e should probably not be construed as ce'u,
> not that it cannot.



But an explicit one can be put in any empty space without changing the
meaning of the sentence. That's what elision is.



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