On 8/1/2017 3:43 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
If we wanted to specifically express the "many others", i think it would be better to just write {latlh law'}. In this construction the meaning remains the same, without "tiring" the reader by making him read two "plurals" in a row.
I think you're really just reacting to the fact that the plural suffix is optional. I sometimes point out where plural suffixes can be dropped for stylistic reasons, but using the plural suffix is not so much redundant as explicit. I too would probably say *latlh law'* instead of *latlhpu' law'* most of the time, but I would only call this out where I feel a stylistic improvement could be made. But I disagree that *latlhpu' law'* can be reduced to *latlhpu'* without changing the meaning. Sometimes the presence or lack of *law'* may not make a difference to the overall meaning, but this won't always be true. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name