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xorxes: > la djan cusku di'e > > > Just because there is no distinction at the gadri level (if that is to be > > so) does not mean that there need be no distinction at the non-logical > > connective level. We have no gadri for "ordered set" either. > > Of course, we can define things as arbitrarily as we like, but one > doesn't expect that kind of arbitrariness in Lojban. Or rather, one > shouldn't expect... A radical solution: 1. Replace by (PA) LAhE x ce y. 2. Where there is no suitable LAhE, move to LAhE the unparaphrasable sumti connective. 3. Optionally: scrap all remaining sumti connectives except ce. Step 1 is already valid. Step 2 is a serious proposal. Step 3 is obviously politically impossible. --And.