Re: Chinese-style measure words in English?

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Date: 12/28/04 

Date: 28 Dec 2004 12:33:23 -0800

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>And the reason you don't accept
"slice of bread" and
"piece of cake" is?

because these convey actual information rather than being
an (in english superfluous) grammatical necessity or convention.

compare :-
slice of bread
loaf of bread

with
one (storied building) restaurant
and
one (word used for objects with handles) chair

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