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BPFK Section: lerfu Forming cmavo

Robin Lee Powell scripsit:

> > 1. In the section on how "bu" combines (or not), it's missing that
> > it doesn't combine with "bu". In fact, the parser spits out "ky
> > bu bu" as an error. But The Book says (page 416): 'It is also
> > illegal to attach "bu" to itself, but more than one "bu" may
> > attach to a word". This is a disagreement that needs to be
> > addressed.
>
> I would be willing to bet that that's supposed to be "but *no* more
> than". Otherwise it would be rather strange English (as written,
> that should be an 'and' and not a 'but').

No, I meant what I wrote: it means that while "bu bu" can happen in Lojban,
this is not an instance of "bu" applying to "bu", but rather of "bu" applying
to "X bu" where X is the preceding word.

> Note that the parser *does* accept 'bu bu'.

The official parser is definitely buggy here.

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