[lojban-beginners] Re: Logical connectives

["Vid Sintef" <picos.picos@gmail.com>]

{.a} should be interpreted as "OR/AND" rather than the exclusive "OR" (XOR). (1) says that:

Alice drinks tea OR/AND coffee | AND | John drinks tea OR/AND coffee.

Alice may drink either "tea OR coffee" or "tea AND coffee". The same goes for John. So, we can't assume "Alice drinks (exclusively) tea and John drinks (exclusively) coffee", and vice versa. {.a} in (1) allows both (2) and (3) to be true.

mu'o mi'e vid

On 6/17/07, Daniel Goetzmann <cestricu@googlemail.com> wrote:

m.kornig@sondal.net wrote:
> Selon Daniel Goetzmann < cestricu@googlemail.com>:
>
>> coi rodo
>>
>> I'm wondering about the meaning of bridi that have eks in more than
>> one place. Consider the following bridi:
>>
>> (1) la alis e la djan pinxe loi tcati a loi ckafi
>
> Hi Daniel. I don't know about your logical problem but
> I think you need points: at the end of names, e.g.
> {alis.} and {djan.}, and at the beginning of connectives,
> e.g. {.a}, {.e} and {.i}.
>
> Martin

You're right. There should even be a period before {.alis.} because it's a
word beginning with a vowel. I read that "technically, the period is an
optional reminder to the reader" (refgram, chapter 3). However, that does
not mean that it's good to omit the periods.

mu'o mi'e daniel