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And Rosta scripsit:
> * Usage overwhelmingly supports it; pretty much all prior usage
> of so'V would be invalidated.
The first clause may be true, but the second is surely false. Nothing
prevents "so'a" from meaning "all but an insignificant number" in particular
cases. I only object to drawing rigorous conclusions that this relationship
always holds.
> * We would need to find other ways to say "many/a few/most".
"Most" in particular is known to be intractable.
> chosen. Why wasn't {so'u} "almost none", and {so'i} "a middling
> number" or "about half", or suchlike?
*shrug*
I wrote it up the way the Bobster told me to. I am not responsible for his
choice of Logflash keywords.
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