From @YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Wed Apr 21 22:35:00 1993 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Wed, 21 Apr 1993 17:31:10 -0400 Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 6595; Wed, 21 Apr 93 17:30:49 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 1850; Wed, 21 Apr 93 17:31:09 EST Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 21:35:00 +0100 Reply-To: ucleaar@UCL.AC.UK Sender: Lojban list From: Mr Andrew Rosta Subject: Re: TECH: word "only" X-To: lojban@cuvma.BITNET, jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU To: Erik Rauch In-Reply-To: (Your message of Thu, 01 Apr 93 09:08:23 PST.) <9304011737.AA111016@link-1.ts.bcc.ac.uk> Status: OR Message-ID: <7ajX5ZdrS3M.A.yI.q00kLB@chain.digitalkingdom.org> jimc: > I very much agree. The word "only" was one of the first that I broke my > teeth on. Here is a short list of meanings, supplementing what Colin > wrote: > > (1) The only way is love There is exactly one X which is > a tadji (way), AND X is love > (2) I ate only two cookies I ate two cookies, AND two is less > than the expected number for this > situation > (3) I only ate two cookies I ate two cookies, AND that event > is less than what would normally > justify the criticism or punishment > that you are putting me through I reckon 1, 2 & 3 (on one reading of 3) are the same. 2 is: there are exactly two cookies eaten by me (in this particular event of eating). 3 is: there is exactly one eating (at this particular implicit time) such that the eater is me and the eatee is two cookies. > (4) She is only a servant She is a servant, AND this condition > implies a social status that is less > than what is normally expected for > the present situation = merely > (5) Smoke if you want, only not Smoke if you want [discursive of > where I can smell it. contrast] don't smoke where... I agree. --- And.