> the primary verb p: accepts a single atom...
> period. The agreement mechanism for monads is
> what accepts more than an atom.
That is false. The primary verb p: accepts arguments
of any shape. You are envisioning an extra conceptual
layer, but that is unnecessary. This complicates
something that is in fact fairly simple.
> Thus ceiling should be renamed ceilings?
> Thus increment should be renamed increments?
Sure. Works for me. Or not; the inconsistency strikes
me as trivial.
> Principle: any verb of rank 0 needs a singular
> informal name, not plural.
It does not seem to me that the informal (and
natural-language specific) names for primaries need to
conform to any standard. Even less do I think rank
should be a factor in the naming.
The whole matter of there being a significant
difference between singular and plural is an artifact
of English. There is nothing in J to fit this. Verbs
always work on cells of nouns. There isn't anything so
special about rank 0 vs higher ranks.
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