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BPFK Section: Inexact Numbers

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pc:
> what you say
> fluctuates back and forth between plural
> quantification and groups

I use singular (i.e. distributive) quantification for
outer quantifiers (ignoring piPA here, as I don't think they
are properly quantifiers):

PA sumti = PA da poi ke'a me sumti

where {me sumti} means "x1 is/are among sumti",
and PA are the ordinary quantifiers with singular variables.

Inner quantifiers are similar in many respects to plural
quantification, but I suspect not quite the same thing.
Groups are very marginal in my system, they can be totally
avoided by using the predicate {gunma} instead of the
"mass" gadri. So I use neither plural quantification nor
groups really.

> > > Come on over!
> >
> > Where?
>
> To an intellecctually responsible theory that
> gives you what your scattered wish list would
> provide if it were feasible.

Let me know when you have worked it out and I'll be more
than happy to take a look.

The bit you were presenting until recently, where {lo'i broda}
and {lo pa selcmi be lo broda} have different referents, is
not something I would want.

mu'o mi'e xorxes





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