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On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Mike S. <maikxlx@gmail.com> wrote: > > modifier := term | termlist > > termlist := “he” explicit-sentence? | term termlist | “j” V > explicit-sentence? termlist termlist > > term := unary-operator | binary-operator formula That requires splitting selmaho JA from the binding binary-operators. > I notice that (hypothetically) if we permitted all "n-" operators to be > introduced into the grammar syncategorematically, then we could give > different n-words different syntaxes. Since we don't have a lot of n-words > (only three official), that's one idea for the future that might be better > than using a whole C on a singleton (or small) word class. I expect there might be more n-words once we get into tense-aspect-mood, so if we are going to have an all-purpose consonant I'd rather it not be n-. I think z- is still available, and we've talked about freeing up v- and g-. So "he" seems to be something like a predicate place-holder. I wonder whether we could get something like this to work too: je la mlta he xkra la grka he So in addition to: formula := ... | j V termlist termlist formula could we have: formula := ... | j V termlist formula termlist ? And perhaps even: formula := ... | j V formula termlist termlist je xkra la mlta he la xkra he ? co ma'a xrxe