Re: [lojban] optional punctuation

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

Michal Wallace scripsit:

> Scheme A is to let you put as much punctuation as you like in a
> sentence just for visual markup, but you still have to have all the
> right words. This might also include *bold* or LARGE or _italic_ text
> for emphasis.. but then again, you shouldn't need to emphasize one
> word over another because what your saying should be clear already.

This is indeed the standard use of punctuation proper: you must
have all the words.

> fred cusku?
> 
> would still NOT be a question... The ? would just be a mistake,
> ignored by a parser and not pronounced out loud.

Right.  That's "la fred. cusku", BTW: an easy mistake to make.

> Scheme B is to define symbols for certain selma'o.. For example:

This is standard for mathematical cmavo:  digits, + - * /, etc.
can be used in place of (not supplementing) the corresponding cmavo.

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John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
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