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   Ruud Harmsen to All   
   Re: Official German spelling update   
   16 Jul 24 14:12:47   
   
   From: rh@rudhar.com   
      
   15 Jul 2024 19:46:05 GMT: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)   
   scribeva:   
      
   >ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:   
   >>understand the expression "Vielen Dank!" we can't analyze   
   >>it further. It's opaque to us.   
   >   
   >  The "vielen" feels as if the formally singular "Dank" is taken   
   >  "semantically" to be a plural.   
      
   Why? It's a singular masculin accusative!   
      
      
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