re Northern Subject Rule

Fri Dec 15 02:23:28 UTC 2000

At 08:21 AM 12/12/00 +0000, you wrote:

>What about one of the basic rules of classical Greek - neuter plural nouns
>take a singular verb, which I think was presented to us in my first lesson in
>the early '60s (well 'before the Beatles first LP')?

>The construction is similar (but not entirely so) in Gaelic - ...

On this basis some have reconstructed this construction to PIE.

Is this a viable explanation still?

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