Re: backup archive format saved to disk
On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 03:19:07AM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >I've noticed the same kind of disputes in natural languages. For
> >example, English speakers usually perceive a clear semantic difference
> >between "many" and "much". Yet it's possible to give a purely syntactic
> >rule to distinguish them -- you use "many" when modifying a plural noun,
> >and "much" for a singular one.
Agreed.
> This is not true. For example, I have said "I've eaten too much
> beans". "I've eaten too many beans", though it isn't something
> I've said, *could* be said, and would not mean quite the same
Correct is "I've eaten too many beans".
--
Chris.
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rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a government
conspiracy of `X-Files' proportions and insidiousness."
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