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Invent Yourself scripsit:
> But motivationally, people are/should be moved to employ zi'o when the
> place makes no sense in the relationship they are trying to express. If
> the place is there but they don't wish to speak of it (non-teleporting, I
> think) then it's a bit misleading to use zi'o.
Fair enough for top-level claims, but nevertheless when you talk about
lo'i du'u mi klama le zarci fi zi'o, that set includes lots of propositions
that don't involve teleporting. Likewise, the difference between
lo ka la djan. dunda zo'e ce'u and lo ka la djan. dunda zi'o ce'u is the
difference between being the recipient of a particular, but unspecified,
gift from John and being the recipient of a gift from John. It's true
that da, if not bound, can serve the function of zi'o in the latter example.
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