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Re: [ceqli] Digest Number 119

[agreed-with portions deleted]
I think there is no pronoun 'one' in Ceqli, in the sense of "One speaks 
English here".  Better to use a be-formation.
Ci Heqlabol bezu. Here English-language is-used. (I like zu better than 
ploy for 'use')

    In general, I subscribe to the dictum that the passive is to be
eschewed, so I prefer using a "one" form, of any kind, over a "be" form, 
even though it might be shorter.


I, otoh, like the passive, and so prefer 'be-'.
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Alexander Browne | alexbrowne@hidden.email
Saint Paul, Minn., U.S.