Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0t3uXQ-0000ZOC; Sat, 14 Oct 95 02:33 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 81FEB5C0 ; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 1:33:20 +0100 Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 14:28:19 -0700 Reply-To: Mark A Biggar Sender: Lojban list From: Mark A Biggar Subject: Re: perfective counting X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 603 Lines: 14 >From: Logical Language Group >This seems similar to the ball-rolling-off-the-table problem, in which I >think we agreed that we could talk about something happening "pu'o lenu >farlu le loldi le jubme" even though it is perfectly possible that >someone might interfere and prevent the ball from reaching the floor. >"lenu" is in any case fine; "lonu" is questionable. In fact, doesn't the act of "interfere and prevent the ball from reaching the floor" in some sense happen before the ball reaches the floor even though it never gets there? -- Mark Biggar mab@wdl.loral.com