Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: loi preti be fi lo nincli zo'u tu'e

From: John Cowan <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 10:06:27 -0500 (EST)

Robert LeChevalier scripsit:

> The extra left bracket (with implied right bracket) is required 
> for any complex mex expression in Lojban for LALR parsing reasons.

Only partly. There is also a genuine ambiguity: numbers and lerfu strings
have the same status in Mex, but "re broda" is a quantified sumti, whereas
"ny. broda" is a full bridi. To speak of "n things" one must say vei ny. broda.

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