Re: ADJ (of) a -- where's the plural?

[Steve Boatti]

In a message dated 4/16/04 9:28:53 PM, laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:


> Actually, you can *say* "They're [tu:] good shooters", but only for
> "two", not "too".
>

Perhaps someone can explain to me, a non-linguist, just why you can't say
"they're too good shooters." It is perfectly grammatical and doesn't sound
strange to me at all.



Steve Boatti
sjb72 at columbia.edu