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Robin's gadri Proposal

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On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 01:25:27PM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> --- Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 12:11:44PM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > > Robin Lee Powell:
> > > > I don't think there is any functional difference between zo'e
> > > > noi and su'o zo'e noi. I'm willing to change my mind on that,
> > > > though.
> > >
> > > Consider an example.
> > >
> > > xu do pu klama le zarci
> > >
> > > Did you go to the market(s)?
> > >
> > > A) mi ja'a pu klama zo'e
> > >
> > > I did go (to the place(s) obvious from context).
> > >
> > > B-) mi ja'a pu klama su'o zo'e
> > >
> > > I did go to at least one of (the place(s) obvious from
> > > context).
> > >
> > > C) mi ja'a pu klama su'o da
> > >
> > > I did go to at least some place.
> > >
> > > I would say they are all functionally different answers.
> >
> > I don't see that at all; "mi ja'a pu klama zo'e" implies "mi ja'a pu
> > klama su'o zo'e" in my universe. Unless you're holding open the
> > possibility that the person didn't go anywhere in the first case?
>
> A implies B and they both imply C. But the implications don't work the
> other way, therefore they are functionally different.

How does "mi ja'a pu klama su'o zo'e" not imply "mi ja'a pu klama zo'e",
exactly?

-Robin