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John: > And Rosta scripsit: > > > Likewise, I accept that people are countable, but dispute that xod is, > > Why? Once we have singularized xod, surely his cardinality is 1. The reasons I've given in other messages: since a contrast between one xod and two xods is impossible, I have no criteria for counting him. Certainly xod is a single person, I have no doubt about that. But I can't find grounds for thinking he can be counted as a single xod. Likewise, oxygen is one element, but I don't think it is one oxygen. I think it is uncountable, qua oxygen. --And.