Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0t3Lf9-0000ZOC; Thu, 12 Oct 95 13:18 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 59D3A436 ; Thu, 12 Oct 1995 12:18:49 +0100 Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 02:09:19 -0600 Reply-To: Chris Bogart Sender: Lojban list From: Chris Bogart Subject: Re: tenses X-To: lojban@cuvmb.bitnet To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 921 Lines: 18 >But what's the point of being able to make logical inferences from claims >that we don't want to make? In fact, {pu'o} is probably at its most useful >when the expected event ends up not happening. I'm reluctantly convinced. I still think it might be better to say "on the verge of doing something (which doesn't necessarily happen)" using a more complex phrase, on the grounds that lojban should zipfeanly encourage the more logical usage, and discourage this "on the verge of" stuff which is very subjective. But perhaps that's taking things to an extreme. >ritas: sei co'a xanka ti prane kanro .i le mikce pu pu'o catra ti >ritas: ko ba'e tirna ti .i ba'e na ruble to sei pu'o klaku toi .i .ainai mi > >I think that in both cases the event did not end up happening... >Usage supports my view! :) Clearly substandard usage. The author should be banished from the list and generally ignored and ridiculed. :-)