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Re: Is it necessary to distinguish inclusiveness in possessive markers?

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Sunday, January 25, 2004, 19:09
Andreas Johansson wrote:

>Quoting Joe <joe@...>: > > > >>Trebor Jung wrote: >> >> >> >>>Merhaba! >>> >>>I guess sg/pl for 2p is unnecessary, so it's scrapped now. >>> >>> >>> >>Why would sg/pl be unneccesary? Just because we don't use it in English. >> >> > >? > >If it's not used in English (or some yall-free variants thereof), it's either >not necessary, or English isn't a usable language. The later position does >seem somewhat hard to defend. > > >
Well, that's debateable. ;-) What I meant was that it's useful, even if it isn't neccesary.