[Attempto] playing around with distributives

[Theodore H. Smith]

On 11 Sep 2012, at 20:12, Kaarel Kaljurand <kaljurand at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Theodore H. Smith <delete at elfdata.com> wrote:
>> hello attempto list, Norbert and Tobias
>> 
>> So I was experimenting with different input in attempto, with "distributive quantifiers".
>> 
>>       each of the men see the apples. // fails
> 
> This is a syntax error in ACE and (I think) also in English. The verb
> should be in singular:
> 
>   each of the men sees the apples.  // works

Aha, that explains it. I'll try to remember that "verb form" has to be precise in ACE.

It actually reads OK to me "each of the men see the apples.", but on analysing it, actually yes "sees" is the right verb.

Thanks.