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



(I would respond to all of lojbab's points, but I would be repeating
myself yet again, so I only reply to a few :)

> Now, in reality, the first speaker should never say "mi nitcu pa tanxe",
> because it is very unlikely that just 'any' box will do. Indeed, I wouyld
> go so far as to say that one should not make truth-critical statements
> using "lo" any more than with "da", because very rarely in real life do we
> specify all relevant restrictions.

So I should never say {lo remna cu mamta mi} because it is very unlikely,
(indeed outright false) that just 'any' remna will do. Is that really what
{lo} means?

Jorge