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From: Rob Speer <rspeer@MIT.EDU>
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Subject: [lojban] Re: Holiday Present from the BPFK: The gadri Proposal Has Been Completed
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On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 07:45:29PM -0000, And Rosta wrote:
> This said, I don't understand how come "ci lo vo nanmu" quantifies
> over the four referents of "lo vo nanmu", yet "ci loi vo nanmu"
> quantifies not over the one referent of "loi vo nanmu" but
> rather over the quasi-infinite number of things that "loi vo
> nanmu" can refer to. It's not that I see anything objectionable
> to this -- indeed, it's expressively a good thing -- but I don't
> understand the basis for the claim about PA me <sumti>.

Well, for one thing, you can't quantify three of something that has one
referent. That's as nonsensical as {ci le pa gerku}.

And where does the idea that {loi vo nanmu} has one referent come from? Is that
the "Mr. Rabbit" (or "Mr. Man" in this case) concept that I've never believed
in?
-- 
Rob Speer