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The purpose of this paper is to provide a simple type-free set theory which can be used to give the various readings of collective/distributive sentences.
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Part of this work was carried out while the author was on a study leave for one year at the Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands. I am grateful to the University of Eindhoven for their hospitality, financial and academic support. Moreover, I am grateful to the anonymous referees for their useful suggestions and comments. Last but not least I would like to thank Kieran Clenanghan for having commented on the style of the paper and Gerry Seligman for having drawn my attention to the problem faced by complex predicates.
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Kamareddine, F. A type free theory and collective/distributive predication. J Logic Lang Inf 4, 85–109 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01048616
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