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Re: Plurality

From:Joe Fatula <fatula3@...>
Date:Thursday, April 17, 2003, 1:50
From: "Danny Wier" <dawier@...>
Subject: Re: Plurality


> But I might take another cue from Welsh: "double plurals", where two
endings
> are tacked on. In Tech, that would mean both an inflectional plural and a > marked plural, or a "plural of collective", analagous to "fishes",
"peoples"
> or *sheeps (that is, breeds of sheep).
Consider "waters", or any other mass-noun with a plural ending. It indicates more than one type of the substance.