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→‎{{t|ná}}: use {{done}} instead of {{tone}}
(reduce intro to a link to Topic, focus, cleft; add a section on {{t|ná}}, which I just find so cute)
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== {{t|ná}} ==
== {{t|ná}} ==
One silly consequence of running the {{tone|2}} ↔︎ {{tone|3}} logic both ways is that we may arrive at {{t|ná}}. {{t|ná}}’s definition (denotation) would literally be “do nothing” (more formally, λ𝑓𝑥.𝑓𝑥), so what use could it have? The one use I can think of is grammatical clarity: you can use it like a spoken comma or bracket or fence/signpost to make your long sentences easier to stomach:
One silly consequence of running the {{done|2}} ↔︎ {{done|3}} logic both ways is that we may arrive at {{t|ná}}. {{t|ná}}’s definition (denotation) would literally be “do nothing” (more formally, λ𝑓𝑥.𝑓𝑥), so what use could it have? The one use I can think of is grammatical clarity: you can use it like a spoken comma or bracket or fence/signpost to make your long sentences easier to stomach:
<blockquote><poem>
<blockquote><poem>
{{t|Jeq suao {{orange|ná, ꝡé do súq jí hóa,}} {{green|ná, ꝡé do jí súq hóa}} da.}}
{{t|Jeq suao {{orange|ná, ꝡé do súq jí hóa,}} {{green|ná, ꝡé do jí súq hóa}} da.}}