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> Ray Bergmann wrote:
>
> Ray before:-> the prefix should be either "kayn" (none of) or "sin"
> (without) , but it should not be either "bu" (no, not) or "zoy"
> (zero).
>
> Ray now:-> Now I've changed my mind. The prefix should be either
> "zoy", "kayn" or "sin", but ie should not be "bu" which should mean
> "is not ..." rather than "not having ...".
Definitely not "bu", which should be either an adverb or a
coverb/modal verb. ("is not ..." followed by a noun should be "bu bi ...")
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