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Re: USAGE: Count and mass nouns

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Monday, January 19, 2004, 20:38
En réponse à Peter Bleackley :

Wavoragon, which is spoken by a semi-nomadic herdsman society, found it
>necessary to distinguish between known and unknown quantities, and so >developed a multiple number for known quantities.
Have they by any chance copied Maggel? :)) The indefinite and definite plurals of Maggel are just about that: unknown vs. known quantities :) . Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.

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Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...>