[etni] Fwd: re: The Illogical Nature Of Language
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From: Ilana Rosansky <ilanar49@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: The Illogical Nature Of Language
The parallel to 3 onions would be 3 garlic bulbs; I believe that
cloves are the individual pieces within a garlic bulb.
Ilana
Margie wrote:
> onions can be counted (I have three onions in the basket)
> while
> Garlic as written cannot. You can say 'cloves' of garlic' etc.,
> thus giving a definition of how to count the pieces of garlic
>
> An apt question for today's mangals
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