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|source=Descriptions of the language, p. 29 | |source=Descriptions of the language, p. 29 | ||
|about= '''Several is more than one, but then all is more than several''' is an Attian paradox and sometimes [[w:shibboleth|shibboleth]] created by the Attian national grammarian Anathir t'Armavir. The saying plays with the fact that the Attian word for "''all''" is the same as that for "''one''", thus granting the translation: ''Several is more than one, but then one is more than several''. It also illustrates the [[w:Grammatical number|number]] inflection for nouns in Attian, where "''several''" is simply the [[w:plural number|plural]] of "''one''" and "''all''" the [[w:Collective number|collective]] form. | |about= '''Several is more than one, but then all is more than several''' is an Attian paradox and sometimes [[w:shibboleth|shibboleth]] created by the Attian national grammarian Anathir t'Armavir. The saying plays with the fact that the Attian word for "''all''" is the same as that for "''one''", thus granting the translation: '''Several is more than one, but then one is more than several'''. It also illustrates the [[w:Grammatical number|number]] inflection for nouns in Attian, where "''several''" is simply the [[w:plural number|plural]] of "''one''" and "''all''" the [[w:Collective number|collective]] form. | ||
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