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Jorge to Lojbab:
> > The point is that in Lojban it is optional to make such a distinction.
> > You CAN use the "individual" article on a "group", and you CAN use the
> > "group" word on an individual.
>
> How do you say "the men carried the piano" in Lojban WITHOUT making
> the individual/group distinction?

I don't think you can avoid making this distinction. BUT "lei nanmu
carried the piano" can have a distributive interpretation, since the
mass inherits all properties of its members.

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