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plural markers?
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- Subject: plural markers?
- From: "Chris Capel" <pdf23ds@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:20:12 -0500
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What are good ways to replace the English plural noun form? As I
understand, one should generally avoid lV'i, as one generally doesn't
want to talk about the set of X *as a set*, but that lVi can be good?
What about {su'o}, used alone? (It parses.) Other ways?
If I'm not completely mistaken, it would be preferable to use lVi in
situations where the group of things as a group, collectively, have
some property or take some action, and {su'o} in situations where they
individually do so?
Chris Capel
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