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: Nastassja Riemermann (tsukikage85) wrote in linguaphiles,
2010-09-13 01:20:00

Nastassja Riemermann
tsukikage85
linguaphiles
2010-09-13 01:20:00

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The finer (?) details of verb agreement.

"There was an average of 552.5 injuries" or "There were an average of 552.5 injuries"? I'm not sure if "to be" needs to agree with "average" or "injuries" here. Both prescriptive and descriptive answers encouraged.

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Languages as the 'Parallel Worlds'

“Language is almost the only window available to us into an unfamiliar world, <...> an opportunity to live several lives at once, moving from…
Il donne sa langue au chat

It is not enough to read French correctly. It is not enough to literally understand what is written. You also need to be French in order to…
'oeka A, oeka B, oeka D, oeka E...' - on a Venetic teaching bronze sheet

Source: http://www.paabo.ca/papers/pdfcontents.html

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The finer (?) details of verb agreement.

Languages as the 'Parallel Worlds'

Il donne sa langue au chat

'oeka A, oeka B, oeka D, oeka E...' - on a Venetic teaching bronze sheet

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Languages as the 'Parallel Worlds'

Il donne sa langue au chat

'oeka A, oeka B, oeka D, oeka E...' - on a Venetic teaching bronze sheet