Re: Numerals Re: Re: Agglutinating -> inflecting

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> > the natural expression is "Men!".
>
> Someone having done military service might answer better, but I believe he'd
> say _Soldater!_ "Soldiers!".
Of course the English usage is changing with women in the armed forces.

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