declension of "sto"

[anon at examplelcom]

> and I was told, by two out of the three (one from Moscow, and the other
> from Petersburg), that the declension sto (nom/acc)/sta(rest of
> declension) (which they found odd) has been replaced by  stam (dat),
> stami (instr) stax (prep).  On questioning, they seemed to be unsure of
> the actual usage; they admitted that "so sta rubljami" and "so stami
> rubljami" were both possible; also, however, when the number "100" stands

To my native ear "so stami rubl'ami" sounds very colloqial and
illiterate. I consulted several native speakers with the same 10 year
long school education in Russian as mine. So stami sounds illiterate
to them as well. Yours,


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