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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: Re: bizarre parody?
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rte@elmo.lz.att.com (Ralph T. Edwards) writes in a recent posting (reference <rte-0303971118010001@135.25.40.118>):
>
>I would guess the attitude of some posters that inflections are essential.
>I forget who it was, but one poster seemed to believe that because
>plurality is a universal concept, all nouns need MARKED number. 

I guess I must have dozed off and missed this one!  

>Another poster assumed because temporality is universal, verbs need MARKED
>time inflections, as opposed to optional markers somewhere in the
>sentence.
>
I missed this one, too....

>The subtext of the above statements is "Languages don't need inflections."
>The proof is that many don't have them.
>
Yup, there's no arguing with facts!


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