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"to be" and plurals

• From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
• Subject: "to be" and plurals
• Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:30:13 -0500
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From: "DloraH" <[email protected]>
> Maori chaH 'op no'Daj'e'.

I've always wondered about this.  Since inherently plural nouns are treated,
grammatically, as singular, you might expect this to be

Maori ghaH 'op no'Daj'e'

but that seems a bit ridiculous, at least to my linguistic biases.

SuStel
Stardate 3046.1

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