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On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 09:05:41PM -0500, John Cowan wrote: > And Rosta scripsit: > > > You drink {pisu'o loi djacu} = part of the mass of water. > > You do not drink every part of the mass of water. > > No doubt, and I do not drink the whole of it either. The difference > between "the whole of" and "every part of" is that the latter is a > universal quantification over parts, whereas the former does not even > require that there be any parts. [...] Universal quantification over parts does not require that there are any parts either. -- Jordan DeLong - fracture@hidden.email lu zo'o loi censa bakni cu terzba le zaltapla poi xagrai li'u sei la mark. tuen. cusku
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