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Adnominal distributive numerals
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No special adjacent distributive numerals
Example 21-45:
They all ate 3 biscuits.
They
3pl
all
all
ate
eat.
pst
3
three
biscuits.
biscuit.
pl
They ate 3 biscuits each.
Example 21-46:
They each ate 3 biscuits.
They
3pl
each
each
ate
eat.
pst
3
three
biscuits.
biscuit.
pl
They ate 3 biscuits each.
Example 21-47:
They ate 3 biscuits each.
They
3pl
ate
eat.
pst
3
three
biscuits
biscuit.
pl
each.
each
They ate 3 biscuits each.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Language:
Singlish
Feature:
Adnominal distributive numerals
Source:
Own knowledge
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