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good question! ~ perhaps because we are actually eliding the full sentence?
for example, we could back-form your first example to:
Zero (of the)sparrows were seen today, but we saw one robin.
But somehow putting 'zero' in some of these constructions seems unhandy to me in any case.
others?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Less than zero Alex Williams 05/09/02 03:17 PM Re: Less than zero maverick 05/09/02 05:06 PM Re: Less than zero Capital Kiwi 05/09/02 05:08 PM Re: Less than zero WhitmanO'Neill 05/09/02 08:31 PM Yet another post about nothing Alex Williams 05/09/02 08:59 PM tat or tatting of troy 05/09/02 10:26 PM Re: Yet another post about nothing maverick 05/10/02 12:10 AM Re: Yet another post about nothing Capital Kiwi 05/10/02 07:27 AM
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