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I have proposed:
> Kind: lo broda le broda la broda
> Kinds of: PA lo broda PA le broda PA la broda
> % of Kinds of: piPA lo broda piPA le broda piPA la broda
> Bits of: piPA (loi) (tu'o) broda piPA lei (tu'o) broda piPA lai broda
> le piPA broda
> Countable: PA (loi) (ro) broda PA lei (ro) broda PA la broda
> % of countbls: piPA loi ro broda piPA lei ro broda
> Collective: loi (ro) broda lei (ro) broda lai broda
>
> {piPA le (tu'o) broda} would mean "some of a certain broda", while
> {le piPA broda} would mean "a certain bit of broda"
>
> "% of countables" = proportions of a population of countables -- e.g.
> {piso'e loi ro prenu} = "most people"; {piso'e lo (ro) nanmu} =
> "most kinds of men"
>
> {loi re prenu} = "a pair of people"
> {lei re prenu} = "a certain pair of people".
> {loi piso'e (loi ro) prenu} = {piso'e loi ro prenu} = "a majority of people"
> {lei piso'e (loi ro) prenu} = "a certain majority of people"
{loi piso'e (loi ro) prenu} = a majority as a collective
-- "loi piso'e prenu hold the power in the country"
{piso'e loi ro prenu} = a majority as individuals
-- "piso'e loi ro prenu enjoy football"
> {da poi broda} = {da broda} neutralizes the distinction between
> {da (poi) du pa broda} and {da (poi) du pisu'o broda} (and
> possibly {da (poi) du pa lo broda}
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This handles *everything* people have been asking for, with *no* new
gadri or LAhE. Plus it handles rather nicely a load of useful
extra stuff. SL currently handles approximately none of it.
Here is a list of main differences from SL:
* Default outer PA is mo'ezi'o. (Arguably consistent with usage.)
* in a lo/le/la description, broda means "is a kind of broda" not "is a
single broda". (Arguably consistent with usage.)
* Default gadri is loi, not lo. (Consistent with usage, given other
differences.)
* Default inner PA is tu'o/mo'ezi'o, except after PAloi. (About as
consistent with usage as SL is.)
* Inner PA after loi is not a pure cardinality (of the set of all
broda) but rather indicates the number of broda in the collective: loi
re broda = a pair of broda, loi pimu broda = a group consisting of 1 in
every 2 broda. (Not disruptive to usage.)
--And.