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Re: More about scopes
> The paper says:
>
> >>The personal pro-sumti may be interpreted in context as either representing
> >>individuals or masses, so the implicit quantifier may be "pisu'o" rather
> >>than "ro": in particular, "mi'o", "mi'a", "ma'a", and "do'o" specifically
> >>represent mass combinations of the individuals (you and I, I and others,
> >>you and I and others, you and others) that make them up.
> > Then I don't see the point of {ro} being the default. {piro} seems much
> better.
I agree. {piro} makes more sense.
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As the paper says, the pro-sumti may be either individuals or masses.
If they are masses, then piro makes ssince. If they are individuals,
then piro does not make sense, but "ro" does.
lojbab
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