In a message dated 2/14/2002 1:38:49 AM Central Standard Time, thanatos@dim.com writes:Are these statements not nearly identical in meaning? (aside from the Yes, but do you need {co} in the third one? <If they are, then I don't think I should be rebuked too harshly for arguing from the assumption that "That is a pretty school and also for girls" was a valid interpretation of #1.> Who was doing that? The problem was with {finpe je mirli} at the right end, modified rather than modifier. That makes a difference because it reduces the number of different ways it can be accounted for. Similarly, {ta melba je nixli} seems pretty much limited to the intersection of beauties and girls, not, for example, beautiful things for girls (though that could be {nelxi melba}). <There was a half-page saying that many different interpretations were possible, after all. I took that to a logical conclusion, I think, not relying on English intuition. Arguing from a false assumption can get you anywhere. :)> Alas, too true, as "Lojban experts" demonstrate almost daily. The best logic in the world, proceeding without checking the facts along the way, will end up in cloud-cuckoo-land. |