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              "jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU" at Oct 4, 95 08:03:47 pm
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la xorxes. cusku di'e

> In my opinion {co'a} makes a claim about the
> start of the event only, in no way suggesting that the event will
> ever be completed.

True.  But I think it does claim that the event will start; an event which
never starts is no event at all.

--
John Cowan                                      cowan@ccil.org
                e'osai ko sarji la lojban.