[lojban] Re: le du

["And Rosta" <a.rosta@lycos.co.uk>]

Robin.tr:
> Jordan DeLong wrote:
> > Of course, in *real* usage, in a case where the referent wasn't
> > recently mentioned, you'd probably say "zo'e".  
> > 
> I can't see the point in using zo'e in the first place - if it's 
> obvious, leave it blank.

A couple of possible reasons:

1) To avoid leaving a blank that might incorrectly be filled by
implicit ke'a or ce'u (since by default the first blank place gets 
filled by ke'a/ce'u).

2) To indicate that the place is not to be filled by implicit zi'o.

However, if one goes to the trouble of using explicit zo'e, one
could equally well go the trouble of choosing a more precise
sumti.

--And.