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Toaq is based on such logic:
Toaq is based on such logic:
* When you say {{t|tu pỏq}}, the domain ranged over by the variable {{t|póq}} is not only each person, but all “people-s”, including all pairs and triples and groups of people. (If this is undesirable, there's {{t|tushı}}, which only ranges over singular values. See [[Quantifier]].)
* When you say {{t|sá poq}}, the domain ranged over by the variable {{t|póq}} is not only that of each individual person, but of all “people-s”, including all pairs and triples and groups of people. (If this is undesirable, there's {{t|sá shı poq}}, which only ranges over singular values. See [[Quantifier]].)
* In fact, numbers in Toaq have definitions like “{{t|saq}}: ___ (plural) are three in number.”
* Mumbers in Toaq have definitions like “{{t|saq}}: ___ (plural) are three in number.”


== See also ==
== See also ==
* ''[[Plural Predication]]'', a pretty cool book on this topic.
* ''[[Plural Predication]]'', a pretty cool book on this topic.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_quantification Plural quantification] on Wikipedia.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_quantification Plural quantification] on Wikipedia.