Reconstruction talk:Proto-Slavic/ob lěto
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Sum of parts. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 05:45, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
- @Metaknowledge The sum is adverb, parts are preposition and noun, so what's the problem? And how it differs from words like ab initio, ab absurdo? —Игорь Тълкачь (talk) 06:03, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
- @Useigor: That's simply how grammar works, but it does not make it less the sum of its parts. It differs from ab initio because that is a phrase used in English, and it is an English entry. If it were a Latin entry, it would have to be deleted. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 06:20, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
- @Metaknowledge Well, probably the entry should be deleted. But something remains unclear. Particularly, if it was single-word, would it be regarded as sum of parts?—Игорь Тълкачь (talk) 06:10, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
- No. The current consensus is that a single word (depending on how each language defines a "word") cannot be the sum of its parts. For Slavic languages, that usually means that spaces delimit words. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 07:12, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
- @Metaknowledge Well, probably the entry should be deleted. But something remains unclear. Particularly, if it was single-word, would it be regarded as sum of parts?—Игорь Тълкачь (talk) 06:10, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
- @Useigor: That's simply how grammar works, but it does not make it less the sum of its parts. It differs from ab initio because that is a phrase used in English, and it is an English entry. If it were a Latin entry, it would have to be deleted. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 06:20, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
- RFDO failed. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 17:36, 11 October 2018 (UTC)