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Re: [engelang] intensions & extensions (Xorban)



Jorge Llamb�as scripsit:

> > I haven't worked through the threads that talk about f very thoroughly
> > yet, so I a unclear how it functions syntactically.
> 
> It's very much like Lojban NU, except there's only one of it instead
> of all the different NUs.

This is the Gua\spi infinitive, I think.  In Gua\spi, the infinitive particle
can be omitted if the place is known to expect an infinitive: this assists
with terseness.

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