Re: A couple of questions

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Jorge:
> > We might therefore take "lo mlatu je nanmu cu blanu" to mean
> > "more than 0% of catmen are blue", again not implying existence.
>
> But {lo} has an "at least one" quantifier, not "at least some %".
> Otherwise, su'o doesn't work as the negation of ro.

You're right: such has been the stipulation. But what is the rationale?
What is the interpretation for uncountable stuff? "At least one water"?

That is, I think there is a reasonable way of giving "lo" a default
interpretation that doesn't imply existence, though I accept that
this is not what the present interpretation of "lo" is.

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And