Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (vms.dc.lsoft.com [205.186.43.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id NAA13044 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 1995 13:57:24 -0400 Message-Id: <199510251757.NAA13044@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 64B03C10 ; Wed, 25 Oct 1995 13:51:05 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 13:48:31 EDT Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: quantified variables - beginers question X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Wed Oct 25 13:57:26 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU > > ro lo prenu goi ko'a cu prami ko'a > > Every person loves all persons. > > {ro lo prenu goi ko'a} parses as {ro (lo prenu goi ko'a)}, > not as {(ro lo prenu) goi ko'a}. Ok, let me change it to: ro lo prenu ku goi ko'a cu prami ko'a > So I belive {ko'a} becomes > {lo prenu}, not {ro lo prenu}, I don't think this is a good idea, because then you would be saying that in {ro lo prenu} there is a remnant of the default quantifier for {lo} that was not superceded by {ro}. I don't think {ko'a} can be used as a variable taking different values in the same position like {da}. Jorge