Re: 'together vs. to gather'

Costentin Cornomorus scripsit:

> Rain? Snow? While I guess you could
> (nonsensically) say "the dog rained", the subject
> of these weather verbs is never stated. I guess
> it's neither mass nor count, cos we never say
> what "it" actually is. Not quite what you're
> after...
In Lojban, there is a verb usually glossed "to rain" but that really
means "to precipitate":  x1 rained on x2 (destination) from x3 (source).
This avoids the severe problem that Lojban would otherwise have with a
zero-argument predicate.

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