RE: sets, masses, &c. (was: RE: [lojban] Re: [jboske] RE: Anything but tautol...

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On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, And Rosta wrote:

> Anyway, 2 further questions:
>
> 1. How DO you say "apple" (as in "the bowl was full of apple") in
> Lojban?


I kind of thought that's what masses were for. Like "water".


> 2. Why do we insist on understanding lV'i gadri to refer to pure sets
> rather than to groups/teams? What is to be gained from this?



Do you mean "groups/teams" in distinction to "masses"?



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