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On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, John Cowan wrote: > Invent Yourself scripsit: > > > Similarly, asking with "mi nitcu lo mikce" is > > perfectly valid, because without further specification any doctor is > > acceptable. > > Not at all. Without further specification, there is *some* doctor that > is acceptable, but there is no saying which one it is. How about "mi nitcu 1 mikce"? Since there is no doctor in mind, and this is unspecific across all doctors, any single doctor will do; if I reject a doctor, I must have some conditions in mind, and I must at least revise my claim to "mi nitcu 1 le mikce", if not "mi nitcu 1 mikce poi broda" -- // if (!terrorist) // ignore (); // else collect_data ();