Subject: RE: sets, masses, &c. (was: RE: [lojban] Re: [jboske] RE: Anything but tautol...

From: Invent Yourself <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 09:58:53 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, And Rosta wrote:

> Anyway, 2 further questions:
>
> 1. How DO you say "apple" (as in "the bowl was full of apple") in
> Lojban?

I kind of thought that's what masses were for. Like "water".

> 2. Why do we insist on understanding lV'i gadri to refer to pure sets
> rather than to groups/teams? What is to be gained from this?

Do you mean "groups/teams" in distinction to "masses"?

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