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John:
> And Rosta scripsit:
>
> > {lo blanu} isn't synonymous with {da poi blanu}. The former
> > is countable, the latter is unspecified for countability
>
> I grant you (i) but I deny you (ii). "da poi blanu" means "su'o da poi
> blanu", so it is countable
What I mean is that the interpretation of blanu is unspecified
for countability. IOW, even though su'oda means "at least one
thing" (so is perforce being counted by some criterion or other),
"poi blanu" is neutral between "is a single blue thing" and
"is blue stuff".
--And.