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Jorge Llambias scripsit:
> The Jbomass part I believe is almost fully compatible with
> SL, plus it incorporates some useful stuff that SL lacks.
>
> SL {piPA loi ro broda} == 3rdExSol {piPA loi ro broda}
> SL {loi ro broda} (collective) == 3rdExSol {loi ro broda}
> SL {loi broda} (substance) == 3rdExSol {loi tu'o broda}
> SL {PA broda} == 3rdExSol {PA broda}
>
> Those are fully compatible. The only difference would be
> that 3rdExSol adds some forms that are not used in SL,
> namely: {loi PA broda} when PA is not {ro}, which in
> SL would be interpreted as a cardinality of the whole set
> and in 3rdExSol it is the cardinality of a collective which
> need not be the whole set. (This permits us to make sense
> of {PA loi PA broda} as quantification over collectives.)
>
> So the Jbomass-part of 3rd ExSol is practically
> identical to SL.
I accept this part of 3XS completely. So call me half a convert. :-)
But for my part, lo xirma is going to be an animal that drops dung, and
not merely a kind of animal that drops a kind of dung.
--
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han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_