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Re: [engelang] Xorban Development

Yes.  Standard logic since at least 400BCE, so not a change.  The change is whether to use restricted or unrestricted quantifier (introduced roughly 1858).

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On Sep 20, 2012, at 7:13 PM, "Mike S." <maikxlx@gmail.com> wrote:

 

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 5:04 PM, John E. Clifford <kali9putra@hidden.email> wrote: 

'If black, happy'
Theoretical possibility that no cat is black, making the whole true but pointless.  A minor issue, but we are trying to get it all right from the get-go and learn from the hoofs in the predecessors.

Hmm, is your position that that "r-" has existential import?

re mlte jana xkre glke.= Every cat, if happy, is black.
re je xkre mlte glke.= Every black cat is happy.

That would change things, if that's what you mean.