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On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Invent Yourself wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Jorge Llambias wrote:
>
> >
> > la djan cusku di'e
> >
> > > > I agree with that last bit. On the other hand, {mi nitcu loi mikce}
> > > > says that there is some fraction of the mass of doctors such
> > > > that I need that fraction. Not what we want.
> > >
> > >Au contraire, I think it is exactly what we want (if we can dismiss
> > >the "sundry detached doctor parts" interpretation).
> >
> > I don't think {loi mikce} can refer to detached doctor parts.
> > That has to be {loi mikce pagbu}. {loi mikce} can only be some
> > doctors collectively, but only doctors, not doctor parts.
> >
> > But {mi nitcu loi mikce} says that there is some group of doctors
> > (possibly a singleton) such that I need that group. That's not
> > the usual meaning of "I need a doctor".
>
>
> mi tugni .i ku'i le seldunku cu smuni le du'u lei jbocertu ca darlu le
> smuni be lu nitcu loi broda
.i'anai le za'i lojbo velcilre kei .enai le darlu cu fuzme fi mi
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