> > Right. But 12 meters is {lo mitre be li pare}.
>
> Alas, no; it designates something 12 meters long, not 12
> meters as a quantity. That problem is still unsolved,
> leading to the kludge li paremy.
How would you discuss 12 meters as a quantity without discussing something that
is 12 meters long? 2 masses of 6 meters each, or what?
-- Ted