[lojban] Re: termsets and "equal scope"

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 6/20/08, Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Where is it stated in the CLL that numbers are to be interpreted as "exact"?

<http://jbotcan.org/cllc/c6/s6.html>:
<<
 In Lojban, you cannot say ``I own three shoes'' if in fact you own four
shoes. Numbers need never be specified, but if they are specified they
must be correct.
>>

> That seems like it would limit speech quite a bit, and I personally find it to
> be counter-intuitive and somewhat illogical.

Counter-intuitive, yes. I wouldn't say it's illogical, but the definition of
"exact" numerical quantifiers is certainly more complex than what it
would be otherwise. {N da broda} can be logically expressed as
{su'o N da broda .ije su'e N da broda}, rather than just the first part
as intuitively expected.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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