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John E Clifford wrote:

>>I think it's more along the lines of trying to
>>say "lidless bottle" or
>>"seer that sees nothing" and ending up saying
>>"camel or star". Not very
>>helpful!
>>
>>
>
>If this is the problem — that contradictory
>negation opens too many possibilities — then
>maybe you want merely contrary negation, {na'e},
>which requires that what is true is in the same
>general area (although this is a matter of degree
>-- what is true in contradictory negation has
>also to be something that excludes what is
>negated: "not green" can't mean "camel" unless
>camels definitionally are not green).
>
>

Hence lidless bottle = botpi fo na'ebo roda ?

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