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Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 21:55:01 +0400
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Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] precise tenru
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2014-09-26 21:35 GMT+04:00 TR NS <transfire@gmail.com>:

>
>
> On Friday, September 26, 2014 12:01:58 PM UTC-4, tsani wrote:
>>
>> Tanru are simple, and less verbose constructs are typically less precise.
>> Tanru are designed to be inexact in their meaning, and are designed to be
>> highly dependent on context. If you don't like that, then don't use tanru;
>> if you want to be precise, there're a multitude of alternatives.
>>
>>
> It's not a matter of me not liking it. I just want to know if that is the
> intent, in light of the fact that much idiom is the consequent.
>
practice shows that tanru remain vague and dont lead to any idioms.


>
> Actually, that reminds me. I think people get the wrong idea about my
> questions sometimes. Please don't misconstrue my questions for
> disgruntlement. I am simply trying to understand the "why" of things. That
> includes asking about possible alternate approaches --sometimes asking "why
> not" gives much more insight than just asking "why".
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">2014-09-26 21:35 GMT+04:00 TR NS <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailt=
o:transfire@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">transfire@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>=
:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-le=
ft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><span class=3D""><br><=
br>On Friday, September 26, 2014 12:01:58 PM UTC-4, tsani wrote:<blockquote=
 class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px =
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div class=3D"gmail_quot=
e"><div>Tanru are simple, and less verbose constructs are typically less pr=
ecise. Tanru are designed to be inexact in their meaning, and are designed =
to be highly dependent on context. If you don&#39;t like that, then don&#39=
;t use tanru; if you want to be precise, there&#39;re a multitude of altern=
atives.</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><=
/span><div>It&#39;s not a matter of me not liking it. I just want to know i=
f that is the intent, in light of the fact that much idiom is the consequen=
t.</div></div></blockquote><div>practice shows that tanru remain vague and =
dont lead to any idioms.</div><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e=
x"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><br></div><div>Actually, that reminds me. I think =
people get the wrong idea about my questions sometimes. Please don&#39;t mi=
sconstrue my questions for disgruntlement. I am simply trying to understand=
 the &quot;why&quot; of things. That includes asking about possible alterna=
te approaches --sometimes asking &quot;why not&quot; gives much more insigh=
t than just asking &quot;why&quot;.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc s=
olid;padding-left:1ex">
</blockquote></div><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5">

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