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On 16.03.2016 21:49, la djeikyb stuyt wrote:
> Why?
> Is there anything wrong with being an individual?

Plurality is just as hard to express. Lojban lacks grammatical number, 
and specifying singular/plural either way requires extra effort, but 
saves effort when it's not relevant whether a noun is singular or 
plural, because then you don't have to do anything extra; the noun is 
already vague about it.

Which way(s) of expressing singularity have you found so far?

~~~mi'e la selpa'i


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