Re: CHAT: (no subject)
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 15, 2004, 1:52 |
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 02:17:22 +0100, Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> wrote:
> Merhaba!
>
> I'm creating a conlang in which I don't want to have to use classifiers
> ('sheet
> of paper'). I want to be able to say, for example, *'one paper'. If I
> make
> nouns count as default, instead of mass as in English, would I achieve my
> goal?
Possibly not. "One paper" is largely unambiguous, but what about "one
sand", or worse "one water"?
Paul
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