From pycyn@aol.com Mon Apr 16 13:39:31 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_2); 16 Apr 2001 20:39:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 83548 invoked from network); 16 Apr 2001 20:39:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 16 Apr 2001 20:39:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-r11.mx.aol.com) (152.163.225.65) by mta1 with SMTP; 16 Apr 2001 20:39:31 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-r11.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v29.14.) id r.bc.134692bc (2522) for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2001 16:39:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 16:39:10 EDT Subject: Re: lu/li'u To: lojban@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_bc.134692bc.280cb26e_boundary" Content-Disposition: Inline X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10519 From: pycyn@aol.com --part1_bc.134692bc.280cb26e_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 4/16/2001 10:59:09 AM Central Daylight Time,=20 biomass@hobbiton.org writes: >=20 Because a quotation begins and ends and there is not any other obvious=20 gramamtical mark when these events occur -- or need not be. =A0=A0=A0 Well, not obviously, but certainly more understandably. =A0The parser will= =20 reject a {lu} quotation if it is not grammatical, but allows an ungrammatic= al=20 {lo'u} to pass. the difference allows one to discuss dubious or known-bad=20 Lojban without being ungrammatical oneself. --part1_bc.134692bc.280cb26e_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 4/16/2001 10:59:09 AM Central Daylight Time,=20
biomass@hobbiton.org writes:




Why are they both [lu - l= i'u] needed?






Because a quotation begins and ends and there is not any other obvious= =20
gramamtical mark when these events occur -- or need not be.

<I obviously meant lu/lo'u.> =A0=A0=A0
Well, not obviously, but certainly more understandably. =A0The parser w= ill=20
reject a {lu} quotation if it is not grammatical, but allows an ungramm= atical=20
{lo'u} to pass. the difference allows one to discuss dubious or known-b= ad=20
Lojban without being ungrammatical oneself.
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