> Not really. 路 still has some semantic content. E.g. if you're walking about indoors in your house it sounds weird to say "走路." I do agree that a bisyllabic wo

> Not really. 路 still has some semantic content. E.g. if you're walking about indoors in your house it sounds weird to say "走路." I do agree that a bisyllabic word sounds better there. Other context and emphasis could also make 我在走 work (I am walking for example), but often times that ties back to prosody as you say. That’s a good point, and I think if you wanted to talk about walking indoors the prosody requirements make it even more difficult (我在我家里走来走去？) > I don't understand what you mean by "and company." That's not how I would understand 李先生们. I’ve definitely seen writings like “毛泽东先生们” but perhaps the usage is a little more archaic than I thought! I do think you’re right in that the usage really is just a pluralizer for people rather than my wackier definition.