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mei, latest cause celebre



My contention that {mei} means 'collective' should be easily proven by usage, btw.

Does anyone ever use {remei} when {pamei} would also be true? If so, mass. If not, collective.

Does anyone ever use {remei} when {pisu'omei} would also be true? If so, substance. If not, collective.

And that's built in to our treatment of numbers anyway, right? Because we've passed law that {re} is always {su'ore}.

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