From phma@oltronics.net Thu Apr 05 19:55:06 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_1); 6 Apr 2001 02:55:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 87761 invoked from network); 6 Apr 2001 02:55:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 6 Apr 2001 02:55:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO neofelis.ixazon.lan) (207.15.133.9) by mta1 with SMTP; 6 Apr 2001 02:55:05 -0000 Received: by neofelis.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 500) id A7CCF3C566; Thu, 5 Apr 2001 21:49:55 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: phma@oltronics.net To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Not because Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 21:46:31 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.29.2] Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <0104052149550A.11949@neofelis> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com From: Pierre Abbat How do we distinguish "not because" in these sentences?: The Vietnamese get into the Fourth of July celebrations because they enjoy firecrackers, not because they are Americans. The Vietnamese get into the Fourth of July celebrations because they enjoy firecrackers, not because they live below me. phma