In a variable context, the sentence remains, in essence, incomplete. Up until Substitution, there is no audience - it's just you.

(A substitution for the conditions of thought.)

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But let us entertain ourselves with a tiny puzzle here: Let's say a crowd has gathered... to hear a person speak. Is it then that there is a multitude of conditions -- or rather, just a singular one? "To speak to a crowd" -- does it sound singular to you? Well, I'd say, somehow it does, and somehow it doesn't. But, In Reality, which way is it? (But hold on -- am I being stupid? Is there a Reality here, in the first place? Can you call in the oracle -- or god -- or someone Serious Enough to decide the issue?)

A real pepperhead would probably call it "an occation for synchronic multitude and singularity".

Well, this is just a silly little riddle, and you've all solved it already, so let's stop wasting our time, and get ourselves a...