JfC discusses this in Chapter 12, 'Compound Verbs'.  You need
to understand verb-rank thoroughly first (Chapter 6).

Henry Rich 

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> Subject: [Jprogramming] Conjunctions @ and @:
> 
> Question about conjunctions @ @:
> 
> Studying voc on this, this is what I
> understand from the examples:
> 
>    x */@+ y    <==>   */"0 x+y     A
>  
>    x */@:+ y   <==>   */"1 x+y     B
> 
>    */"0 x+ y
> 8 7 6 6
> 
>    */"1 x+ y
> 2016
> 
> First off, I know they are just examples to
> illustrate things!
> 
> For ex B I can see the workings.
> A gives me some trouble though: that is to say
> on the face of it, it looks like 'times insert'
> is superfluous, neglected or a dummy op?
> In other words:
>    x */@+ y    <==>   x+y
> 
> at least in this case.
> 
> What's really going on under the surface?
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> @@i
> 
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