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arj:
> Are there by the way any other changes to the other articles? A cursory read
> doesn't reveal any.

{le} and {la} become constants instead of being automatically
quantified as {ro le} and {ro la}.

The change is almost imperceptible in practice because
{le} and {la} are almost always used for singletons. When
used in the plural, however, the proposed definitions make
them easier to handle because with constants you don't need
to worry about scope. An explicit {ro} gives you back the
quantified forms.

lo'i/le'i/la'i/loi/lei/lai/lo'e/le'e I tried to leave
untouched. The official definitions are not very clear in
some respects however. For example, what is {pimu lo'i broda}?
That's something like "a set with half of all the broda there
are", but is it such a set generically, or is it existentially
quantified (i.e. "at least one set with half the cardinality of
the total set"), or what? This has seen no significant
usage, and it is probably not very useful in any case, but
it is ill defined. I'm not sure whether I should try to
come up with something more precise but which will deviate
from the traditional prescription. From my point of view
it is not worth it because these cmavo should be phased out,
but I will attempt it if there is a demand for it.

> Migtn't Nick's gadri solution be the way to go?

Which one? Adding a new cmavo for generic? That would have
a much bigger impact on past usage, wouldn't it?

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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