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Re: [jboske] lo/le definition



And Rosta scripsit:

> So do you accept that {lo blanu} does not mean the same as 
> {da poi blanu}, then?

No, not for blanu.  Some brivla places subcategorize for "set" or
"mass", and lo-constructions involving them generate sets or masses
respectively, but they are sets or masses *seen as* individuals.

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