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Re: easy question

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

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• Subject: Re: easy question
• Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 05:38:43 EST

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In a message dated 1/15/2006 3:37:38 AM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:


> To me, {negh} 
> strikes me as collective: "a group of soldiers", maybe. {loS negh} sounds 
> odd, and if it meant anything at all, I would interpret it as "four groups 
> of soldiers" or something similar. And anyway, since plural marking is 
> optional on a noun after a number, {loS mang} avoids the problem entirely.
> 

If {negh} can be used with numbers, then it can be used with {wa'}, making it 
singular, which conflicts with its inherent plural meaning, even though 
grammatically it is singular.

lay'tel SIvten

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