From sentto-44114-16035-1032796312-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Mon Sep 23 08:54:43 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:54:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n13.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.68]) by digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.05) id 17tVXh-0000Uj-00 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:54:37 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-16035-1032796312-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.201] by n13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Sep 2002 15:51:53 -0000 X-Sender: taral@taral.net X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_3); 23 Sep 2002 15:51:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 1709 invoked from network); 23 Sep 2002 15:51:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 23 Sep 2002 15:51:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO dragon.taral.net) (66.25.132.47) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 Sep 2002 15:51:52 -0000 Received: by dragon.taral.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D531A13E6E; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:51:51 -0500 (CDT) To: lojban Message-ID: <20020923155151.GA12184@taral.net> Mail-Followup-To: lojban References: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: Taral X-Yahoo-Profile: taralx MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:51:51 -0500 Subject: [lojban] Re: importing quantifiers (was: Re: tu'o usage Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz" X-archive-position: 1523 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: taral@taral.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 03:48:21PM +0100, And Rosta wrote: > The only place where the importing/nonimportingness of ro makes > an obvious difference, as far as I can see, is as an inner quantifier, > and to my mind it is very useful that {lo'i broda}=3D{lo'i ro broda} not = exclude > {lo'i no broda}. If I want to exclude {lo'i no broda} I can say=20 > {lo'i su'o broda}. This is nicely clear, unlike the rest of this entire discussion. (Even that wiki page confuses me.) > The rest of the discussion is too abstruse and too angelic-pinhead- > terpsichorean even for me! I humbly place my faith in xorxes to > show me the light & guide me on the True Path. Hear, hear. --=20 Taral This message is digitally signed. Please PGP encrypt mail to me. "Pretty please with dollars on top?" -- Me --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAj2POJcACgkQoQQF8xCPwJS5AgCfW01q5txOHeL8MixCnum+vMxA 7K0AnipFuijeGQ92dbVJTYc8Vn56gRk5 =XOxm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz--