Re: xor questions (was Re: indirect Qs (was Re: On logji lo

[Logical Language Group <lojbab@ACCESS.DIGEX.NET>]

>>My last try:
>>
>>ma du lu'a lo tcati onai lo ckafi lu'u poi se vasru le patxu
>>what is the identity of [tea XOR coffee] which is contained in the pot.
>
>As with all other tries, {lo glare} is a true and unhelpful answer.
>(Or probably {lo lenku} by now.) Any question with {ma} will suffer
>from this, I suspect.

Why is either lo glare or lo lenku valid there.  I have asked for a member
of the set or at leats something identical to a member of the set.  maybe I
need to play around with "me" or "cmima" or even "pamei" if we want to
formally restrict ourselves to members of a specific set.  But I don't see
how "lo glare" is a member of a set that does not specifically include "lo
glare" in its membership.

lojbab
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