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Re: [lojban] {kai'i}
Invent Yourself scripsit:
> Are you stating that ce'u can be elided because it's always assumed to be
> in the first empty place? The Book examples indicate otherwise, unless I
> am mistaken.
No, it can be elided because people are capable of glorking its presence
from context, like any other elision. There is no requirement that the
elision be from the x1 place.
> What is there is sufficiently contradictory that I have agreed with And
> Rosta's argument that ce'u should always be used with ka. Then ka becomes
> redundant, except where the kam- rafsi is used.
Redundancy is a Good Thing.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
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