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xod:
> On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, And Rosta wrote:
>
> > On the question of the meaning of {kau}, I think I prefer to sit on the
> > sidelines, since my feeling is that from a Formalist perspective we'd be
> > better of ditching it
>
> Does this mean you have an alternative?
Yes.
{loi du'u makau broda} = {loi du'au ce'u broda}
It's not a mere hollow translation, for I think that the underlying
logic involves an incomplete proposition -- a proposition with
empty slots that would have to be filled to make it truth-evaluable
-- and the proper way of marking an empty slot is to use ce'u.
Also, I found from my last foray into lojban writing that it was
desirable not to use {du'u ce'u} and instead use {ka ce'u} and
reserve {du'u} for the ce'u-less variety, and operate a rule
that a ce'u belongs to the localmost ka or du'au.
--And.