Inglisch
The cake is not tasty because it is yellow.
1. The cake tastes good, but not because of its color.
2. The cake does not taste good, due to its color.
Okay, you Esperanto and Lojban weenies, is it safe to say that those languages don't suffer from this kind of ambiguity? More to the point, could something be phrased in such an ambiguous way, or do those languages insulate you from it? Do they derive meaning from the position of a word, or do they conjugate and inflect the hell out of everything?
1. The cake tastes good, but not because of its color.
2. The cake does not taste good, due to its color.
Okay, you Esperanto and Lojban weenies, is it safe to say that those languages don't suffer from this kind of ambiguity? More to the point, could something be phrased in such an ambiguous way, or do those languages insulate you from it? Do they derive meaning from the position of a word, or do they conjugate and inflect the hell out of everything?