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Time pronouns and non-quantificational frame adverbials denote definite pluralities of times. This explains two otherwise puzzling properties of English habitual sentences. First, bare (unquantified) habituals display homogeneity effects (Ferreira 2005). Second, they tolerate exceptions when those exceptions are irrelevant for the current Question Under Discussion. We derive both homogeneity and exception tolerance from the same general pragmatic principles used to analyze plural definite descriptions, as in Križ (2016). The account requires no specialized habitual operator, though it is compatible with other work that does (e.g. Deo 2009). Homogeneity and exception tolerance are direct consequences of general features of the pragmatics of plurals.
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