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RE: collective/sentient

• From: "DloraH" <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: collective/sentient
• Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 17:30:03 -0400
• Importance: Normal
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

> >I should probably know this, but I'm getting confused on a
> >grammer point involving a collective noun which refers to
> >persons. For "Respect our troups", which is correct:
> >
> >neghmaj yIvuv
> >neghma' yIvuv
> >neghmaj tIvuv
> >neghma' tIvuv
>
> neghma' yIvuv
>
> Inherently plural nouns are treated as grammatically singular.
> This one is still referring to beings capable of using language.

To emphesis what SuStel mentions, /negh/ is merely plural, not a collective
unit.


DloraH

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