<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div>Dear Swedish speakers,<br></div><div>I would like to ask your judgment about some sentences containing "flest" with a superlative (not a proportional) interpretation:</div><div><span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p class="ydp3e26d549MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">1. Imagine
a context where the requirements for various courses involve writing a number
of pages and we compare these requirements. In such a context, can the
sentences in (1)-(2) be used, in order to say that the largest number of pages
is required for the literature class? Is one of the sentence better? If both
are unacceptable, can you offer an alternative?</span></p>
<p class="ydp3e26d549MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">(1)<span> </span>Flest sidor ska skrivas i
litteraturkursen</span></p>
<p class="ydp3e26d549MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">(2)<span> </span>a. De flesta sidor ska skrivas i
litteraturkursen</span></p>
<p class="ydp3e26d549MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span>b. De flesta sidorna ska skrivas i
litteraturkursen</span></p>
<p class="ydp3e26d549MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp3e26d549MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">2. Rate the
acceptability of the following sentences:</span></p>
<p class="ydp3e26d549MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">(3)<span> </span></span><span class="ydp3e26d549tlid-translationtranslation"><span lang="SV">Vem
har flest vänner?</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="ydp3e26d549MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">(4)<span> </span>Vem har de flesta v</span><span lang="NO-BOK">änner?</span></p>
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<p class="ydpf1bd3b1cMsoNormal"><span lang="NO-BOK">(5)<span> </span>Igår var det flest demonstranter.<span> </span>(= more than in the other days)</span></p>
<p class="ydpf1bd3b1cMsoNormal"><span lang="NO-BOK">(6)<span> </span>Igår var det de flesta demonstranter(na)</span></p>
<p class="ydpf1bd3b1cMsoNormal"><span lang="NO-BOK">(7)<span> </span></span>Flest barn är födda i juli.</p>
<p class="ydpf1bd3b1cMsoNormal">(8)<span> </span>De flesta
barn är fodda i juli.</p>
<p class="ydpf1bd3b1cMsoNormal">(9)<span> </span>De flesta
barnen är fodda i juli.<span lang="NO-BOK"></span></p></span><div><span>
</span>Thanks, <br></div><div>Ion Giurgea<br></div></div></div></body></html>