Re: tenses

[Chris Bogart <cbogart@QUETZAL.COM>]

>But what's the point of being able to make logical inferences from claims
>that we don't want to make? In fact, {pu'o} is probably at its most useful
>when the expected event ends up not happening.

I'm reluctantly convinced.  I still think it might be better to say "on the
verge of doing something (which doesn't necessarily happen)" using a more
complex phrase, on the grounds that lojban should zipfeanly encourage the
more logical usage, and discourage this "on the verge of" stuff which is
very subjective.  But perhaps that's taking things to an extreme.

>ritas: sei co'a xanka ti prane kanro .i le mikce pu pu'o catra ti
>ritas:  ko ba'e tirna ti .i ba'e na ruble to sei pu'o klaku toi .i .ainai mi
>
>I think that in both cases the event did not end up happening...
>Usage supports my view!  :)

Clearly substandard usage.  The author should be banished from the list and
generally ignored and ridiculed.  :-)