Wiki page BPFK Section: Grammatical Pro-sumti changed
On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 06:15:23AM -0700, John E Clifford wrote:
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> --- Robin Lee Powell
> <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.
Ah. This would be me misunderstanding what xorxes meant by
"singular variable", then. Nothing to see here, move along.
-Robin