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John: > Jordan DeLong scripsit: > > > But "le djacu" *can* refer to any amount of water. "lei djacu" is > > a lojbanmass of those individual amounts. A single "le djacu" is > > only a mass in the english sense of "mass nouns" and whatnot > > > > So, if I have 3 bottles of water, they can be individually "le > > djacu" or massively "lei djacu". Likewise, if I'm talking about > > the 7 oceans, they can be individually "le ze djacu" or lojbanmassively > > "lei ze djacu" > > I agree with every word of this It depends on what "amount" means in "can refer to any amount". If it is meant just as "quantity", then yes, you would agree. If it is meant as "an amount of water that has any countability value", then you must disagree. --And.