[lojban] Re: ka ka (was: Context Leapers)

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Invent Yourself scripsit:

> The book explains this with a meaningless sentences: "Example 5.4 conveys
> that the blueness comes and goes, whereas Example 5.5 conveys that its
> quantity changes over time." Specifically, the "whereas" makes it mean
> ingless because there is no difference between the two clauses. (The high
> quality of the rest of the CLL makes the conceptual chaos of this
> notorious chapter all the more noticeable.)

You betcha.  I knew damned well I was skating on thin ice when I wrote
this chapter.  The other really bad chapter is the logic one.

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