Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from kantti.helsinki.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0rHzaZ-00007DC; Wed, 14 Dec 94 21:42 EET Received: from fiport.funet.fi (fiport.funet.fi [128.214.109.150]) by kantti.helsinki.fi (8.6.9/8.6.5) with ESMTP id VAA18759 for ; Wed, 14 Dec 1994 21:42:12 +0200 Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI (MAILER@FINHUTC) by FIPORT.FUNET.FI (PMDF V4.3-7 #2494) id <01HKN8RP36FK0008M1@FIPORT.FUNET.FI>; Wed, 14 Dec 1994 19:41:14 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 5057; Wed, 14 Dec 1994 21:42:22 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7196; Wed, 14 Dec 1994 20:39:03 +0100 Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 14:36:54 -0500 (EST) From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: some help needed Sender: Lojban list To: Veijo Vilva Reply-to: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Message-id: <01HKN8RPHLDY0008M1@FIPORT.FUNET.FI> X-Envelope-to: veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 418 Lines: 23 la rob cusku di'e > How do I refer to some sentence as a whole? I want to translate something like: > > Let P be the sentence "..." py goi le du'u ... or: py goi lu ... li'u I'm not sure if by sentence you mean the words ".....", or the relationship expressed by those words. > needing to be able to refer to the propositional constant P for later use. Probably the first one. Jorge