Message-Id: <199502220215.AA10564@nfs2.digex.net> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 20:25:29 EST From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: Existence and occurrence of events (was: ago24 & replies) X-From-Space-Date: Tue Feb 21 21:15:21 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU And: > > If the event I try for occurs, then I've succeeded. If some other related > > event occurs, but not the one I've tried for, then I've failed. > > You're right if you translate it as {mi troci lo nu mi muvgau lo rokci}. > If you translate it as {mi troci lo nu lo rokci cu muvdu} then you're > wrong. Why? What do you mean by {mi troci lo nu lo rokci cu muvdu}? Where does it say that I have to be the agent of the movement? Does {troci} automatically have a {gasnu} implied, so that {mi troci lo nu } is really an elided form of {mi troci lo nu mi gasnu lo nu }? Jorge