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Re: Jorge's right re: ni



Kris:
> But on to {ni}: I think the reference grammar is inconsistent, and
> confuses the two types of reference to numbers.  If you want to refer to a
> number as a simple mathematical object, you should use a BAI modal,
> probably {sela'u}.  If you want to talk about the fact that a particular
> number applies, you should use {ni}

This makes sense, but is it correct? At least at one time we
were agreed that {jei} refers to a truth value and not the
fact that a given tv is tv of the proposition in the jei
clause. (We therefore used {xukau} instead, and I many
months later showed how it is doable in ordinary logic.)

--And