Re: [lojban] Re: A (rather long) discussion of {all}

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 6/3/06, Maxim Katcharov <maxim.katcharov@gmail.com> wrote:
> Are the relationships "26 students surround the building" and "26
> students wear hats" different in any way?

Yes, in the first case the predicate, "surround the building" is applied
collectively, and in the second case the predicate "wear hats" is applied
distributively.

> There is a distinct
> difference between how "26 students" is used in the former, and how it
> is used in the latter (even if the referent is the same), yes?

No, "26 students" refers in both cases to 26 students and it is only used
for that, in both cases to refer to those 26 students.

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