Timeline for Why is there no plural indefinite article?
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| Jul 23, 2011 at 19:13 | comment | added | GEdgar | I wonder. A with plural, collective... "A government have the right to do that." Too strange. | |
| Jul 23, 2011 at 17:54 | comment | added | Daniel | True enough, but that doesn't have much to do with the question. Adjectives, though not inflected by number, are able to modify either singular or plural subjects. The indefinite article is also not inflected by number, but unlike common adjectives it is not able to modify plural subjects. My question was: why not? | |
| Jul 23, 2011 at 17:43 | history | answered | GEdgar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |