From cowan@ccil.org Wed Mar 14 03:47:08 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: cowan@mercury.ccil.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_4); 14 Mar 2001 11:47:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 66254 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2001 11:47:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 14 Mar 2001 11:47:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mercury.ccil.org) (192.190.237.100) by mta1 with SMTP; 14 Mar 2001 11:47:08 -0000 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 14d9kj-0001kH-00; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 06:47:41 -0500 Subject: Re: [lojban] Numbers In-Reply-To: from Invent Yourself at "Mar 13, 2001 11:29:50 pm" To: Invent Yourself Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 06:47:41 -0500 (EST) Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL66 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan Invent Yourself scripsit: > If xo is a single digit, then when I ask "xo?" I'm only asking for a > single digit, yes? It works both ways. If xo is standalone, you are asking for any number; if it's in a context, you are asking for a digit or whatever fits in that context. All the question words work that way. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore --Douglas Hofstadter