tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 22 00:45:12 2000
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Re: plurals (was Re: Grammar Highlight Each Day)
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: plurals (was Re: Grammar Highlight Each Day)
- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 03:44:33 EST
In a message dated 11/22/2000 12:11:13 AM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< English does have "mass nouns" like "linoleum" or "shrubbery" which are
basically used as singular words referring to a quantity of something. One
never counts such nouns; we don't hear "three linoleums" (though "a
shrubbery" does appear in a Monty Python movie). These seem to parallel
Klingon's "inherent plurals" in some ways. >>
There is also the term "corporate nouns." Although these occur in Klingon,
they are not discussed with this terminology.
peHruS