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Re: "any"

To: Veijo Vilva <veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI>
Subject: Re: "any"
From: ucleaar <ucleaar@UCL.AC.UK>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 19:47:41 +0000
In-reply-to: (Your message of Sat, 22 Oct 94 19:16:02 EDT.)
Reply-to: ucleaar <ucleaar@UCL.AC.UK>
Sender: Lojban list <LOJBAN%CUVMB.bitnet@FINHUTC.hut.fi>

Jorge:
> In the case of commands/directives/requests there is no problem, the
> way things are defined,
>
> (1)     ko cuxna lo karda
>
> means: "Make true the statement {do cuxna lo karda}". And the statement
> will be made true for any card that is picked.
>
> Sentence (1) does NOT mean "there exists at least one card such that
> I am requesting that you pick it"

This doesn't look like "no problem" to me. What if I want to say
"There is a card; pick it", or "Pick a card (& there is a card)"?

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