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Subject: RE: [lojban] how can i help lojban? what can $ do?
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From: "And Rosta" <a.rosta@dtn.ntl.com>

> From: Jay Kominek [mailto:jay.kominek@colorado.edu]
> Sent: 21 July 2001 18:22
> 
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, And Rosta wrote:
> 
> > Tanru are vague, not ambiguous in the technical linguistic sense.
> > Ambiguity involves a small number of clear and clearly distinct
> > alternatives. Lojban does in fact strive to avoid semantic
> > ambiguity. (e.g. brivla always have same place structure; logical
> > ambiguities are avoided.)
> 
> Whats the difference between 'vague', and 'ambiguous'?

Ambiguity involves a small number of clear and clearly distinct
alternatives. Vagueness involves an indeterminate and indefinitely
large number of not clearly distinct alternatives.

-And.