PEG Morphology Algorithm
Jorge Llamb��)B�as scripsit:
> That's a concesion to usage. People tend to write yyyyyy
> for long hesitations.
No problem.
> We can define that y+ is equivalent to y for all purposes.
No, no, no. We do not want people writing selylujvo as selyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyylujvo.
If you want to say that the word y (or rather .y.) can be written with
multiple y's, fine. But not everywhere in the language!
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