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BPFK Section: lerfu Forming cmavo

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On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 03:10:20PM -0500, jcowan@reutershealth.com wrote:
> Robin Lee Powell scripsit:
>
> > To be more clear: bu is handled by preprocessing, which only eats
> > one word+bu token.
>
> Where is this written? It says "all BU tokens", which means AFAICT
> "cook until done".

The text in question can be read many, many ways.

> > bu appearing after preprocessing is an error.
>
> Indeed. Furthermore, it's an impossibility.

Apparently not, since all "bu bu" phrases tested so far choke the
official parser. Furthermore, this (informal) grammar rule for how BU
works only handles one word, which lends credence to my interpretation.

token_1100 : any_word_698
snip
| any_word_698 BU_511
snip

-Robin

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