Subject: Re: [lojban] Not because

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 04:33:41 EDT

In a message dated 4/5/2001 9:55:24 PM Central Daylight Time, 
[email-masked] writes:

> <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.>
> 

Not clear what you are asking. These all look like reasons or motives, the 
first might be causal. Try working with the reverse order "the fact that 
they... causes/is a reason for/is a motive for that they enjoy..."
Or is the problem how to hook the clauses together?