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Wiki page BPFK Section: Grammatical Pro-sumti changed

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<rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 03:43:03PM -0700, John
> E Clifford wrote:
> > And what does singular have to do with it (or
> anything, come to
> > that)? What would be different about a plural
> variable that would
> > make it OK in an unused place but that is not
> available to
> > singular variables?
>
> If da is a singular variable then it can't be
> loi broda.
>
Actually, it can and always has been able to.
Technically this is because groups /masses
/whatever are single entities in Lojban as
previously understood — rather like sets.