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   Ruud Harmsen  wrote:   
   > 14 Jul 2024 11:20:54 GMT: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)   
   > scribeva:   
   >   
   >> Antonio Marques  wrote or quoted:   
   >>> Could you break down _Vielen Dank_ grammatically for us?   
   >>   
   >> Certainly! I'd be happy to break down the German phrase "Vielen   
   >> Dank" grammatically for you. Let's analyze each component:   
   >>   
   >> "Vielen"   
   >>   
   >> - Part of speech: Adjective   
   >> - Case: Accusative   
   >> - Number: Plural   
   >   
   > Wrong. It's singular here.   
      
   (Thanks, Stefan, for the fantastic ChatGPT impersonation, and I mean it 😄   
   )   
      
   I'd never thought of _vielen_ as a singular, hence my request.   
      
   It still sounds odd to me. Christian says Dank is to be read as a mass   
   noun, but I can't quite make that work.   
      
   I'm also a bit puzzled that german children won't instinctively interpret   
   vielen as a plural.   
      
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