* Monday, 2011-11-14 at 15:24 -0500 - maikxlx <maikxlx@gmail.com>: > But yesterday as I was reading random online materials (this one - > http://amor.cms.hu-berlin.de/~h2816i3x/Talks/GenericitySeattle.ho.pdf ), I > found what I think is a good bunch-resisting, kind-example: > > - (2a) Transistors were invented by Shockley. I don't think we should feel obliged to treat as a jbokind (whatever they end up being) everything for which English uses a bare plural. In this case, surely what Shockley invented was the idea (si'o) of a transistor. Martin
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