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And Rosta scripsit:
> I start counting at one, but only for things I'm sure can be counted. For
> that, I need to know what re broda would look like and how it differs from
> pa broda.
"Two presidents of the U.S. elected in 1790" doesn't make any sense (the
office is by nature singulative) but that doesn't mean that "one president
of the U.S. elected in 1790" doesn't make sense either. Sometimes counting
is sensible even though it begins and ends at "one".
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John Cowan <jcowan@hidden.email>
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-- Calvin, giving Newton's First Law "in his own words"