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Jordan:
> I also don't understand why {bu} can't just be handled before {zo}.
> I think jbofi'e actually does it...
This is one of the things we will be arguing about when we get to
the "magic words" checkpoint.
> Now, as far as quantification is concerned, a string of lojban is
> a string of lojban. {mi porpi} is always {mi porpi}. There's only
> one such string.
How do you say "I saw seven {mi porpi}s on that page"?
That's not necessarily the same as seeing {mi porpi} seven times,
you could see the seven sentences at once.
> It's also the same as predicate logic. A formula *is* the sequence
> of symbols. It is always the same formula if it is the same sequence
> of symbols (and therefore there is only one of each formula).
>
> Does this make any sense?
What do we gain by being so restrictive? What do we lose if we allow
quantification over instances?
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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