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Re: [lojban] the set of answers



In a message dated 9/8/2001 3:45:13 PM Central Daylight Time,
a.rosta@dtn.ntl.com writes:


But given that ce'u in free ka is relatively clearly defined, and that
ka/ce'u are only defined as free, the bound ka usage being something
of a groping in the dark, bound ka should not have first claim on
ce'u, however much more frequently needed bound ka is than free ka.
So instead you should be looking for an alternative to ce'u -- an
experimental cmavo, if necessary.


Bound ka is just free ka where we are uninterested in the whole range of
value, but focused on a few cases.  Since we are only comparing W and Jeb
with respect to some function, we only care about what the value of the
function is for them as arguments.  But the whole function is involved
(though, of course, we could do with a fucntion whose range is restricted to
W and Jeb, but that would take more time than its worth, since it would ahve
to agree with the big function for these value anyhow).  so {ka ... ce'u} is
correct and adequate for teh purpose, even though we ignore most of its
content.