[lojban] Re: unnecessary "be"

["Newton, Philip" <Philip.Newton@datenrevision.de>]

steven lytle wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 2003-01-03 9:31:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> la filip cusku di'e:
> 
> > {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?
>
> 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}.

I think you're right. Thanks; the {be} was probably carried over from when
there *was* a {le}.

fe'omi'e filip.
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