Re: singular/plural (was: Re: veridicality in English)

[And Rosta <a.rosta@UCLAN.AC.UK>]

Jorge:
> la and la lojbab na'e darno le ka tugni
> >It looks like we're not far from agreeing.
> >
> >We agree that {le pa} and {lei} are scope-insensitive.
>
> Right.
>
> >{pa lo} and {loi} are not sensitive to scope relative to other
> >existential quantifiers (I think),
>
> {[su'o] lo} and {[pisu'o] loi} are not sensitive to scope relative
> to other existentials. But {pa lo} is a different story:
>
>      lo prenu cu prami pa lo prenu
>      There is at least one person that loves exactly one person.
>      [TRUE]
>
>     pa lo prenu cu se prami lo prenu
>     There is exactly one person that is loved by at least one person.
>     [FALSE]

Bugger: I was betrayed by Goatleg.

--And