Re: existential quantification

[ucleaar <ucleaar@UCL.AC.UK>]

John:
> la .and. cusku di'e
> > I have been told, in the last few months, that "nu" doesn't entail
> > its complement bridi is true, but I should have thought that the
> > existentially quantifying preceding "lo" does require there to
> > be an event.
> > Have I gone wrong?
> > What is the solution?
>
> In one sense you are right, in another sense you are wrong (as you might
> expect).  Saying "lo nu" = "da poi nu" does entail that the event exist.
> However, an event can exist independently of whether the encapsulated bridi
> actually happens.

Come again? Could you elaborate on how an event can exist without happening?
That strikes me as a contradiction, but maybe I'm missing some subtlety.

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