Re: 'noun' and 'adjective' (fuit: To What Extent is Standard Finnish a Conlang?)

On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 12:23:16 -0500, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:

>IML, "apple and blackberry pie" can only mean one pie with both apples
>and blackberries in its filling.  If it were plural, however, it would
>be ambiguous: I would tend to interpret "apple and blackberry pies" as
>some apple pies and some blackberry pies, but it could also mean
>several pies which each have both fruits (although I would personally
>write that as "apple-and-blackberry pies").
I wasn't sure about this also in German. I'd say context plays a role here,
as usual.

Carsten