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Re: xor questions
- To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
- Subject: Re: xor questions
- From: "Lee Daniel Crocker (none)" <lcrocker@MERCURY.COLOSSUS.NET>
- Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 15:15:50 -0500 (EST)
- In-reply-to: <199712242004.MAA15553@red.colossus.net> from "Jorge J. Llambías" at Dec 23, 97 05:02:54 pm
- Organization: Piclab (http://www.piclab.com/)
- Reply-to: Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com>
- Sender: Lojban list <LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET>
> But you could say:
>
> ko cuxna lo selpinxe le tcati ce le ckafi
> Choose a beverage from {tea, coffee}.
>
> Here you're only asking that they choose one, though. You're
> not asking any question.
What's the difference between asking a question or demanding
that someone tell you something? Isn't that just a grammatical
convenience? A shortcut way of saying "tell me..."?
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