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> All the concrete examples on the page are English — so they use plural forms when English does. ... which are all cases where Hungarian doesn't use the plura
by tom_mellior 8y ago
> All the concrete examples on the page are English — so they use plural forms when English does.
... which are all cases where Hungarian doesn't use the plural, which is why Hungarian shouldn't be in the same group as English.
> In this use pattern, the correct approach is to write the same thing twice, if the 'plural form' of the matches the singular one.
... except if the plural form always matches the singular one, in which case the correct approach is to write the thing once. Category #0.
Thanks for your efforts, but you have clarified nothing with regards to Hungarian.
- tom_mellior 8y ago> you have clarified nothing with regards to Hungarian. Well, except the "are you ready" example. That is indeed one case where it might make sense to use different Hungarian forms.
- systoll 8y ago> except if the plural form always matches the singular one Hungarian has plural forms which are distinct from the singular. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_noun_phrase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_noun_phrase Otherwise, yeah, they'd be in group 0.