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John:
> And Rosta scripsit:
>
> > In this case, one of A-B should obtain. Which of the two is
> > the better?
>
> I reject both of them, not too surprisingly. I can't see identifying
> nu-objects (events) with du'u/ka objects (propositions/properties/relations).
> Events are thick, with lots of reasonable predicates applying to them,
> most centrally "occurs". Props are thin, with very few predicates,
> the most important with is "true (of)".
I don't see how you're rejecting A. But be that as it may, I'm not
trying to identify nu-objects with du'u/ka objects. Rather, I'm
trying to at the very least establish that one of the two is the
default for sumti that could be defined either way ("x is true"
vs "x is actual").
> Either events or props can reflect real-world/true or unreal/false
> situations. Metalinguistically you can say which is which with je'u/
> je'unai decorations.
I'm after a nonmetalinguistic way that is shorter than "jetnu
je du'u". But that's an incidental matter.
--And.