• dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Can you elaborate on that last part? I fail to think of anything where its natural for English to go from small units to big units.

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      3 months ago

      Addresses is the main one.

      But also when talking about objects and categories, e.g. “the oak is a type of tree”, not “trees have a type which is oak”.