Return-Path: Received: by snark.thyrsus.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.21.1 #21.19) id ; Tue, 21 Jul 92 18:06 EDT Received: by cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (5.57/UUCP-Project/Commodore 2/8/91) id AA17008; Tue, 21 Jul 92 17:47:02 EDT Received: from rutgers.edu by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA29480; Tue, 21 Jul 92 17:23:46 -0400 Received: from cbmvax.UUCP by rutgers.edu (5.59/SMI4.0/RU1.4/3.08) with UUCP id AA09820; Tue, 21 Jul 92 16:36:53 EDT Received: by cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (5.57/UUCP-Project/Commodore 2/8/91) id AA04816; Tue, 21 Jul 92 16:25:02 EDT Received: from pucc.Princeton.EDU by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA07594; Tue, 21 Jul 92 16:06:59 -0400 Message-Id: <9207212006.AA07594@relay1.UU.NET> Received: from PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU by pucc.Princeton.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 6319; Tue, 21 Jul 92 16:06:32 EDT Received: by PUCC (Mailer R2.08 ptf034) id 9105; Tue, 21 Jul 92 16:04:52 EDT Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 21:01:29 +0100 Reply-To: And Rosta Sender: Lojban list From: And Rosta Subject: non-restrictive sumti? X-To: lojban@cuvma.BITNET To: John Cowan Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Tue Jul 21 18:06:50 1992 X-From-Space-Address: cbmvax!uunet!cuvmb.bitnet!LOJBAN Is it possible in Ljb to distinguish restrictive and non-restrictive sumti? E.g. Excreting, whose x1 is an instance of an animal, is prevalent on London streets. v. Excreting such that its x1 is a dog is prevalent on London streets. Or, His love, which he felt only for Sophy, was ardent. v. His love for Sophy was ardent. Obviously sumti are normally restrictive but sometimes one might want to add them nonrestrictively. --- And p.s. My (perhaps widely-welcomed) non-participation in the recent profuse and recondite discussions on this list is due not to lack of enthusiasm but rather to a brain hopelessly addled by the loftiness of the intellectual heights at which the discussions have been taking place. Hello from me down there on the lowly ground, anyway.