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   Stefan Ram  wrote:   
   > ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:   
   >> |"viel" (or the Middle High German vil) was originally used as   
   >> |a noun that entailed a partitive genitive. As you can see   
   >   
   >   The omission of the partitive is akin a bit to when the "of"   
   >   is dropped in "a couple friends." Compare that also to German:   
   >   "eine Art von Zahlwort" -> "eine Art Zahlwort".   
   >   
      
   Can one still say 'viel Danks/Glücks', or would that be wrong outright?   
      
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