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 (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id XAA01591 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 23:16:18 +0200 Message-Id: <199512152116.XAA01591@xiron.pc.helsinki.fi> Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 837FB4E0 ; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 22:16:58 +0100 Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 16:31:19 -0500 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: Re: RET: left factoring X-To: Lojban List To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <199512152016.PAA07930@locke.ccil.org> from "Jorge Llambias" at Dec 15, 95 02:59:56 pm Content-Length: 821 Lines: 29 mi joi la xorxes. cusku be di'e casnu > > The question of what happens to logical connectives within selbri > > > > 6) le citka be le mlatu .e le gerku cu zvati le kumfa > > > > is still open, I think. > > I don't think that there can be much doubt. > > le citka be le mlatu e le gerku > > can be expressed as: > > ro da voi ke'a citka le mlatu e le gerku > > which in turn is: > > ro da voi ge ke'a citka le mlatu gi ke'a citka le gerku > > You cannot expand it out in the outer bridi. The connector {.e} > is connecting sumti of {citka}. It is not connecting sumti of {zvati}. On consideration, and a phonecon with lojbab, I now agree that this is correct (contra {la daryl.}). -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.