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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/16/2016 5:49 AM, mayqel qunenoS
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<pre wrap="">we have the {vatlh DIS poH} for "century"; but how do we say "many centuries" ?
{vatlh law' DIS poH} or {vatlh DIS poH law'} ?</pre>
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<p><b>vatlh DIS poH law'.</b> Both phrases have meaning, and both
can probably be used for the same thing, but only this one is
actually talking about centuries.</p>
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<pre wrap="">can we apply the {law'} to numbers ? can we say for instance {'uy'
law'} for "many millions" or {vatlh law'} for "many hundreds" ?</pre>
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<p>I don't see why not. Numbers act like nouns.<br>
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