[lojban] Opinions, please: SA by structure

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

Currently, SA works by selma'o.  No-one seems to like this very
much.  A proposal has been put before the BPFK to have it work by
structure instead of word.  So, a SA followed by a term (read
"sumti", more or less) replaces the previous term.  A SA followed by
a bridi tail (a brivla plus its sumti) replaces the previous one.  A
SA followed by ".i" replaces back to the beginning of the previous
sentence (or the beginning of text), and so on.

Random example:

    mi klama zy sa lo zarci

is read as:

    mi klama lo zarci

whereas before it would have been an error.  On the other hand, many
SA cases that worked before (such as using it with li'u to continue
a quote) no longer function.

We've only had a few people on the BPFK express a strong opinion one
way or the other (all of them have been positive so far), so I'd
like to hear from the community at large.

Does this make sense to you?

Does it seem like it would be easier to use?

Does it seem like it would be easier to learn?

Any other comments?

Thanks.

-Robin

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