Re: [lojban] Scope of ko

["And Rosta" <a.rosta@v21.me.uk>]

Rob:
> It seems like the "personal pro-sumti" checkpoint of the BPFK should be
> fairly easy to complete, with just one exception: ko.
> 
> I remember some disagreement about the scope of ko, and I'm not sure it
> was ever resolved. Does ko cross ije-connectives? If so, how do you
> connect a non-imperative statement to an imperative one?
> 
> As an example of where the scope of ko really matters, compare these two
> sentences:
> 
> 1. Don't sleep with her just because you want to.
> 2. Don't sleep with her, because you'll catch an STD.
> 
> They require different scopes of a command. How would each one be
> expressed?

(2) can best be done by using {di'u} as an argument of "because".

Any solution based on having "because" scope over imperativity
would be good only if it generalized to other illocutionary
words, which are in UI.

--And.