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Re: TECH: Any old thing whatsoever (mi nitcu lo tanxe)

>No, I don't think that is a correct translation.  It means "I need exactly
>one out of the set of things that 'box'.

So how do you make the distinction in Lojban between Quine's examples of "I
want a sloop" and "There is a sloop I want"?
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 Chris Bogart
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