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>> With {ka'e} you make a statement of fact, not a rule. A rule has to
>> allow or forbid something. 

>Most or many linguists see language rules as like a game's rules, and
>the majority of these linguists see language rules not as allowing or
>forbidding but simply as defining (what counts as a sentence of the
>language; what counts as a playing of the game).

>So if you (implicitly) add to Craig's rules a clause "ro da go da is
>an instance of this game gi" and then list all the rules (appropriately
>connected by ANDs and ORs), then Craig's ka'e would be preferable to e'a.

Gah, you're confusing me!
Okay, so which should it be? e'a or ka'e?

 -- mi'e kreig daniyl

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