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> Robin Lee Powell scripsit:
>
> > If da is a singular variable then it can't be loi broda.
>
> To my mind that counts as a counterargument for the eliminative
> definition of loi broda. To me loi broda is just as much an object
> as pa broda, at least when properly quantified. Trying to minimize
> the ontology, as is fashionable in modern logics, is Not The Lojban Way.
I tend to agree. Unless anyone opposes, I will be redefining
{loi [PA] broda} as {lo gunma be lo [PA] broda}. The x2 of
gunma is non-distributive. This would mean that {loi} (and
correspondingly {lu'o} and {joi}) are for reified collectives,
whereas {lo} can still be used for non-reified non-distributive
plural.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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