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Jorge Llamb?as scripsit: > I'm trying to figure out whether it is _right now_ the case > that {mi jbena fi li 1966;}, or whether it is nonsense to > say that {mi jbena fi li 1966;} is true at some time or another. > Isn't it just an atemporal relationship between {mi} and {li 1966;}? On my view, it is _right now_ the case that do jbena fi li 1966 iff you were actually born then. In other words, jbena holds either always or never. -- But you, Wormtongue, you have done what you could for your true master. Some reward you have earned at least. Yet Saruman is apt to overlook his bargains. I should advise you to go quickly and remind him, lest he forget your faithful service. --Gandalf John Cowan <jcowan@hidden.email>