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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. Nothingprevents "so'a" from meaning "all but an insignificant number" in particular cases. I only object to drawing rigorous conclusions that this relationshipalways holds.
I'm still not clear on what your position is. What do you think of: 1- so'e gerku cu nenri le kumfa 2- so'i gerku cu nenri le kumfa A- They are both extremely unlikely, on the grounds that the number of dogs that can fit in a room is very small compared to the total number of dogs that exist. B- They are both reasonable things to say when the room contains a number of dogs that is large compared to the number of dogs that are usually in a room. C- (1) is extremely unlikely and (2) is quite reasonable, because that's how we would use "most" and "many" in English. Your position is either A or B, but I can't tell which one. mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail