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On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, And Rosta wrote: > xod: > > "There are one or more doctors that I need", eh? And why is this wrong? > > It's safe to assert that doctors exist, isn't it? > > If you say "There are one or more doctors that I need", it can > be true even if there are one or more doctors that you don't need. > I could bring you a doctor and you could say, "No, I don't need > this one; I need a different one". That's not the case with "I > need a doctor, any doctor". If I bring you a doctor then, you've > got to need this doctor. If da is unrestricted, then da poi mikce is restricted only to doctors, and no further. Which means nitcu lo mikce is satisfied by any doctor. -- // if (!terrorist) // ignore (); // else collect_data ();