Talk:melodramata

Both citations seem to be errors for melodrama and thus uncountable, not plural. Equinox ◑ 13:29, 8 July 2011 (UTC)


 * If you gloss undefined: in those quotations as "instances of melodrama", "melodramatic acts or displays", then they appear quite clearly to be grammatically correct plural uses. — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 13:37, 8 July 2011 (UTC)


 * As a native English speaker I find it very hard in both cases to believe that that was the intent. Equinox ◑ 13:41, 8 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Then we are at an impasse. I agree that the 1984 use sounds a little awkward; however, I believe the plural interpretation is the most plausible way to account for both the given uses of undefined:, since it is difficult to imagine how such an error might arise unintentionally. — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 13:45, 8 July 2011 (UTC)