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Magic Words

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> Re: Magic Words
> grammer.300 claims that ZEI works on ZOI, ZO and LOhU...LEhU clauses. I'm
> pretty sure this is just a YACC side effect; it certainly seems amazingly
> ridiculous to me. If anyone disagrees, let me know.

I disagree.

> I suppose I can imagine something like "mi zoi zoi quietude zoi zei cinmo",
> but I don't know if it's worthwhile building such a bizarre construction into
> the language. Maybe.
>
> ZO-clause+ZEI and LOhU...LEhU+ZEI are just dumb as hell, though.

But allowing them gives a simpler grammar than disallowing them,
doesn't it? You don't need a special rule saying that ZEI is not
allowed after LEhU or after a word preceded by ZO. It's useful
for something like {zo zei zei lujvo}

mu'o mi'e xorxes




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