Re: [lojban] Retraction &c, Part 2

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

Nick Nicholas scripsit:

> 1mai: my understanding is that there exist transformations forming
> unprenexed from prenexed sentences. Furthermore, all sumti in Lojban have
> default quantifiers. Thus, Lojban sentences do all have unambiguously
> recoverable prenexed forms. 

I think that is clearly correct.

> It is possible that I am being petty in a lot of this. It is hard for me to
> be humble, harder for me to admit I'm wrong, and hardest of all, I've now
> learned, to realise that I may still think I'm right, but that doesn't mean
> I'm going to have my way.

Since I have heard these self-same remarks from another member of the
community, I hereby dub this the "Lojbab Lesson".

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