Re: Even worse!

[Jorge Llambias <jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU>]

> Has it occurred to any of you that "I need a box" can be true while
> "I need box A" may be false of each specific box A (because some other
> box would do just as well?)  There is really no quantification over
> boxes going on in this sentence!!!
>
>                                         --Randall Holmes

Exactly!

That's precisely the difference I propose between {mi nitcu xe'e tanxe}
and {mi nitcu lo tanxe}.

For the latter to be true, "I need box A" has to be true for at least one A.


Jorge