Re: [jboske] Collective: definition

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

Jordan DeLong scripsit:

> > Next, assume that 2 men cannot carry the piano.
> 
> Heh. Ok, but if 3 men are carrying the piano together, each of
> them individually *is* carrying some amount of the weight of the
> piano.

By no means. A may be carrying the front end, and B, who is blind,
may be carrying the back end, while C tells B which way to go.

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