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Subject: Re: any? (response to Desmond)
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la .and. cusku di'e

> I think "misuse" is too strong. Lojbab's version is merely not what
> is usually meant by "a man goes near a woman"; his version means
> "there exists x, a man, and y, y a woman, such that x goes near y",
> whereas the English probably means "a certain man goes near a  certain
> woman". I'm pretty sure that Colin would agree with this.

Yes.  "Misuse" should have been "mistranslation".

-- 
John Cowan		sharing account <lojbab@access.digex.net> for now
		e'osai ko sarji la lojban.