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{zo'e} otiose "it"
used to refer to something it is not necessary to
mention in context. The unnecessity may be due
to 1)the fact that what it is does not matter and
will not turn up in the conversation or 2) it is
obvious from the context what is intended.
Except in place counting and some conventi0ons
about abstracts, using {zo'e} is exactly the same
as leaving the place blank. {zo'e} is preferred
to {su'o da} because it is shorter and {su'o da}
suggest that there will be further references to
this thing, if it does not matter, but is
improper if the referent is obvious (and so known).