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[lojban] Omission of "Subjects"



{I am} __re-reading_David_R._Palmer's_novel_Emergence__.
__Contemplating_writing_style_used_by__main_first-person_
_character__.

No need to worry about spoilers in the quotes that I have used:
all quotes from early part of novel.

__Will_let_her_explain_sentence_structure_and_basic_
_situation__.  I have added the material in braces and brackets
in the quotes to clarify meaning in a few cases because I have
dropped other clarifying context at times, and I have added the
"underlining" for reasons to be explained later, but the
parenthetical remarks are in the original.

{This} __explains_language_usage__:

    ... One thing certain: Sentence structure
    throughout will have English teachers spinning in
    graves (those fortunate to have one).

    English 60 percent flab, null symbols, waste.
    __Suspect_massive_inefficiency_stems_from_
    _subconsciously_recognized_need_to_stall__,
    __give_inferior_intellects_chance_to_collect_
    _thoughts_into_semblance_of_coherence__ (usually
    without success), and to show off (my
    twelve-dollar-word can lick your
    ten-dollar-word).  __Will_not_adhere_to_
    _precedent__; __makes_little_sense_to_write_
    _shorthand__ [ed: {one is supposed to} assume
    that book translated from shorthand], then cancel
    advantage by employment of rambling academese.

    __Keep_getting_sidetracked_into_social_
    _criticism__.  Probably symptom of condition.
    Stupid; all evidence says no society left.

__Explains situation__:

    Daddy convinced that Man's highest achievements
    not vanish in Fireworks [ed: WW III], also
    positive same just around corner.  (Confession:
    __Wondered_sometimes_if_playing_with_complete_
    _deck__; __spent incalculable_sums_on_shelter_and_
    _contents__.  __Turns_out_was_right__; __is_
    _probably_having_last_laugh_Somewhere__
    [ed: "Somewhere" reference to afterlife.
    __missing_from_shelter__ because {was}
    __away_from_town_on_business_trip_when_surprise_
    _attack_happened__].  __Wish_were_here_to_needle_
    _me_about_it__ -- but __wouldn't_if_could__;
    __was_too_nice__.  __Miss_him__.  Very much.)

{Here are} two more quotes:

    {I} __was_born_11_years_ago_in_small_Wisconsin_
    _town__, only child of normal parents.  __Named_
    _Candidia_Maria_Smith__; __reduced_to_Candy_
    _before_ink_dried_on_certificate__.  Early
    indications of atypicality: Eyes focused, tracked
    at birth: cause-effect association evident by six
    weeks, first words at four months, sentences at
    six months.

    __Orphaned_at_ten_months__.  __Parents_killed_in_
    _car_accident__.

    No relatives -- __created_dilemma_for_
    _baby-sitter__.  __Solved_when_social_worker_took_
    _charge__.  __Was_awfully_cute_baby__; __adopted_
    _in_record_time__.

                        ...

    __Earned_way_through__ {karate classes}.
    __Devoted_great_effort_to_maintaining_favored_
    _status__; __achieved_Black_Belt_in_ten_months__,
    state championship (for age/weight group) six
    months later.  __Was_considered_probable_national_
    _championship_material,_possibly_world__.
    Enjoyed; great fun, terrific physical
    conditioning, obvious potential value (ask Filthy
    Four [ed: group who made mistake of attacking her
    teacher shortly after first moved into town]),
    good for ego due to adulation over
    ever-lengthening string of successes, capture of
    state loving cup (ironic misnomer -- contest was
    mock combat: __"killed"_seven_opponents__,
    __"maimed"_22_others_for_life_or_longer__).

{I} __noticed_feature_of_"underlined"_expressions__:
__missing_explicit_subject,_even_though_in_English_it_would_be_
_(highly)_unusual/forbidden_for_subject_to_be__omitted__.
__Know_that_Lojban_bridi_without_x1_place_have_been_described_
_as_observatives__, but __wondering_if_omitting__x1_is_really_
_different_from_omitting_other_places__.  If not, then is there
any problem with using Lojban analogues of structure of
"underlined" phrases because __considering_doing_so__.  __Seems_
_like_good_application_of_being_permitted_to_omit_unneeded_
_information__,_such_as_already_encouraged_for_tense_and_number__.

{You} __have_probably_already_noticed_that_attempted_to_
duplicate_style_in_this_message__.  However, use of braces in
own text suggests occasional "subjects" that __might_feel_the_
_need_to_include_in_Lojban_version_of_this_document__.  __Have_
_not_used_all_Candy-style_elisions_that_came_to_mind__; some
would have induce additional distortions of English grammar
that might obscure the main point of skipping "subjects_.

__Know_that_Lojban_is_not_compression_system__.   __Actually_
_have_preference_for_"lo_broda_pe_mi"_over_"lo_mi_broda"__.
__Seems_less_like_attempt_to_force_English-like_aspect_on_to_
_Lojban__, also __not_unfamiliar_to_me__: __remember_use_of_
_"de"_for_possession_from_long-ago_high-school_Spanish_
_classes__.  So some "compressions" will not personally use.

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