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John:
> And Rosta scripsit:
>
> > Can you explain how to use mei to talk about (a) a pair of shoes,
> > (b) the group {Tom, Dick}?
>
> The latter is easy: la tom. ce la dik. cu se remei. I admit that
> "an N-some of foos" is problematic, because we are better at saying
> "an N-some, at least one of which is a foo."
I meant "Can you explain how to use mei to *nonredundantly* talk
about (a) a pair of shoes, (b) the group {Tom, Dick}?" -- {lo remei
be la tom ce la dik} is no more informative than {la tom joi/jo'u la
dik}.
The new XS proposal makes mei pretty redundant, though, so if it passes
then we needn't agitate to give mei a useful place structure.
--And.