From pycyn@aol.com Sat Sep 28 15:42:49 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_4); 28 Sep 2002 22:42:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 4287 invoked from network); 28 Sep 2002 22:42:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Sep 2002 22:42:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-m02.mx.aol.com) (64.12.136.5) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Sep 2002 22:42:48 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-m02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.13.) id r.f8.226090ea (4012) for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 18:42:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 18:42:43 EDT Subject: Re: [lojban] Context Leapers To: lojban@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_f8.226090ea.2ac78a63_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10509 From: pycyn@aol.com X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=2455001 X-Yahoo-Profile: kaliputra --part1_f8.226090ea.2ac78a63_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/27/2002 6:34:32 PM Central Daylight Time, a.rosta@lycos.co.uk writes: << > Now a widget that would insert it into a string of quantifiers at some > place other than where it physically lies would be cool, but the rules > & devices necessary to get it to work would be so burdensome to the > grammar and to the mind of the language user that the simplest option > would always be to reformulate so that quantifiers physically lie in > the place they are supposed to. > > I came to this conclusion after spending a long time -- months at > least, maybe longer -- trying to work out just the sort of widget > you are asking for. So here mine is the voice of experience not of > blinkered conservatism >> Thanks. I didn't have a lot of hope, but a report on experience is useful to drive home the nails. --part1_f8.226090ea.2ac78a63_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/27/2002 6:34:32 PM Central Daylight Time, a.rosta@lycos.co.uk writes:

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Now a widget that would insert it into a string of quantifiers at some
place other than where it physically lies would be cool, but the rules
& devices necessary to get it to work would be so burdensome to the
grammar and to the mind of the language user that the simplest option
would always be to reformulate so that quantifiers physically lie in
the place they are supposed to.

I came to this conclusion after spending a long time -- months at
least, maybe longer -- trying to work out just the sort of widget
you are asking for. So here mine is the voice of experience not of
blinkered conservatism

>>

Thanks. I didn't have a lot of hope, but a report on experience is useful to drive home the nails. --part1_f8.226090ea.2ac78a63_boundary--