Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 15:15:50 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199712262015.PAA02225@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Lee Daniel Crocker Sender: Lojban list From: "Lee Daniel Crocker (none)" Organization: Piclab (http://www.piclab.com/) Subject: Re: xor questions X-To: Lojban Group To: John Cowan In-Reply-To: <199712242004.MAA15553@red.colossus.net> from "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" at Dec 23, 97 05:02:54 pm Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 682 X-From-Space-Date: Fri Dec 26 15:15:51 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU > But you could say: > > ko cuxna lo selpinxe le tcati ce le ckafi > Choose a beverage from {tea, coffee}. > > Here you're only asking that they choose one, though. You're > not asking any question. What's the difference between asking a question or demanding that someone tell you something? Isn't that just a grammatical convenience? A shortcut way of saying "tell me..."? -- Lee Daniel Crocker "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC