Return-Path: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@vms.dc.LSOFT.COM Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE (segate.sunet.se [192.36.125.6]) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id NAA01403 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 13:31:09 +0200 Message-Id: <199512151131.NAA01403@xiron.pc.helsinki.fi> Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id A9E1840B ; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 12:31:04 +0100 Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 06:29:00 LCL Reply-To: BARRETO%VELAHF@ECCSA.TR.UNISYS.COM Sender: Lojban list From: Paulo Barreto Subject: RET: left factoring X-To: lojban%cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu@TRSVR.BITNET To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 647 Lines: 16 coi lojbo pendo I'm facing the problem of "left factoring" sumti of the form "le broda brode .e le broda brodi", I mean, something like "le broda (brode .e brodi)". I don't know if it's possible at all. At first I tried "le broda brode je brodi", which associates correctly, but doesn't mean the same thing. Any ideas? (Please, NO metaphysical discussion on connectives!) .i ki'e .i co'o mi'e paulos. Paulo S. L. M. Barreto -- Software Analyst -- Unisys Brazil Alternative e-mail address: Standard disclaimer applies ("I do not speak for Unisys", etc.) e'osai ko sarji la lojban.