diff --git a/examples/numerals/french_belgian.gf b/examples/numerals/french_belgian.gf
index eb6e23ad9..e6c80549e 100644
--- a/examples/numerals/french_belgian.gf
+++ b/examples/numerals/french_belgian.gf
@@ -2,49 +2,49 @@ include numerals.Abs.gf ;
 
 param DForm = unit  | teen | ten ;
 param Nm = sg  | pl  ;
-param Place = indep  | attr  ;
+param Place 
+	= indep   -- stands by itself; as "cents" in "deux cents"
+	| attr  ; -- as in "deux cent trois"
 
-lincat Numeral = {s : Str} ;
-lincat Digit = {inh : DForm ; inh1 : Nm ; s : DForm => Str} ;
-lincat Sub10 = {inh : Nm ; s : {p1 : DForm ; p2 : Place} => Str} ;
-lincat Sub100 = {s : Place => Str} ;
-lincat Sub1000 = {s : Place => Str} ;
+lincat Numeral    = {s : Str} ;
+lincat Digit      = {inh1 : Nm;        -- Nm = pl => quarante   et un 
+		                       -- Nm = sg => quatre-vingt-un
+		                       -- (governs whether "et" is required between tens and units)
+		     s : DForm => Str} ;
+lincat Sub10      = {inh : Nm ; s : {p2 : Place} => Str} ;
+lincat Sub100     = {s : Place => Str} ;
+lincat Sub1000    = {s : Place => Str} ;
 lincat Sub1000000 = {s : Str} ;
 
 lin num x0 =
   {s = x0.s} ;
 lin n2  =
-  {inh = unit ; inh1 = sg ; s = table {unit => "deux" ; teen => "douze" ; ten => "vingt" }} ;
+  {inh1 = sg ; s = table {unit => "deux" ; teen => "douze" ; ten => "vingt" }} ;
 lin n3  =
-  {inh = unit ; inh1 = sg ; s = table {unit => "trois" ; teen => "treize" ; ten => "trente" }} ;
+  {inh1 = sg ; s = table {unit => "trois" ; teen => "treize" ; ten => "trente" }} ;
 lin n4  =
-  {inh = unit ; inh1 = sg ; s = table {unit => "quatre" ; teen => "quatorze" ; ten => "quarante" }} ;
+  {inh1 = sg ; s = table {unit => "quatre" ; teen => "quatorze" ; ten => "quarante" }} ;
 lin n5  =
-  {inh = unit ; inh1 = sg ; s = table {unit => "cinq" ; teen => "quinze" ; ten => "cinquante" }} ;
+  {inh1 = sg ; s = table {unit => "cinq" ; teen => "quinze" ; ten => "cinquante" }} ;
 lin n6  =
-  {inh = unit ; inh1 = sg ; s = table {unit => "six" ; teen => "seize" ; ten => "soixante" }} ;
+  {inh1 = sg ; s = table {unit => "six" ; teen => "seize" ; ten => "soixante" }} ;
 lin n7  =
-  {inh = unit ; inh1 = sg ; s = table {unit => "sept" ; teen => "dix" ++ "-" ++ "sept" ; ten => "septante" }} ;
+  {inh1 = sg ; s = table {unit => "sept" ; teen => "dix" ++ "-" ++ "sept" ; ten => "septante" }} ;
 lin n8  =
-  {inh = unit ; inh1 = pl ; s = table {unit => "huit" ; teen => "dix" ++ "-" ++ "huit" ; ten => "quatre" ++ "-" ++ "vingts" }} ;
+  {inh1 = pl ; s = table {unit => "huit" ; teen => "dix" ++ "-" ++ "huit" ; ten => "quatre-vingt" }} ;
 lin n9  =
-  {inh = unit ; inh1 = pl ; s = table {unit => "neuf" ; teen => "dix" ++ "-" ++ "neuf" ; ten => "nonante" }} ;
+  {inh1 = sg ; s = table {unit => "neuf" ; teen => "dix" ++ "-" ++ "neuf" ; ten => "nonante" }} ;
 lin pot01  =
   {inh = sg ; 
-   s = table {{p1 = unit ; p2 = indep} => "un" ; 
-              {p1 = unit ; p2 = attr} => [] ; 
-              {p1 = teen ; p2 = indep} => "onze" ; 
-              {p1 = teen ; p2 = attr} => [] ; 
-              {p1 = ten ; p2 = indep} => "dix" ; 
-              {p1 = ten ; p2 = attr} => [] }} ;
+   s = table {{p2 = indep} => "un" ; 
+              {p2 = attr} => [] }};
+
 lin pot0 d =
   {inh = pl ; 
-   s = table {{p1 = unit ; p2 = indep} => d.s ! unit ; 
-              {p1 = unit ; p2 = attr} => d.s ! unit ; 
-              {p1 = teen ; p2 = indep} => d.s ! teen ; 
-              {p1 = teen ; p2 = attr} => d.s ! teen ; 
-              {p1 = ten ; p2 = indep} => d.s ! ten ; 
-              {p1 = ten ; p2 = attr} => d.s ! ten }} ;
+   s = table {{p2 = indep} => d.s ! unit ; 
+              {p2 = attr} => d.s ! unit }} ;
+
+oper pluralMark = table {sg => ""; pl => "s"};
 
 lin pot110  =
   {s = table {indep => "dix" ; attr => "dix"}} ;
@@ -55,17 +55,36 @@ lin pot1to19 d =
 lin pot0as1 n =
   {s = table {indep => n.s ! {p1 = unit ; p2 = indep} ; attr => n.s ! {p1 = unit ; p2 = attr}}} ;
 lin pot1 d =
-  {s = table {indep => d.s ! ten ; attr => d.s ! ten}} ;
+  {s = table {indep => (d.s ! ten) ++ (pluralMark ! d.inh1); attr => d.s ! ten}} ;
 lin pot1plus d e =
-  {s = table {indep => (d.s ! ten) ++ (table {{p1 = sg ; p2 = sg} => "et" ; {p1 = sg ; p2 = pl} => "-" ; {p1 = pl ; p2 = sg} => "-" ; {p1 = pl ; p2 = pl} => "-"} ! {p1 = d.inh1 ; p2 = e.inh}) ++ e.s ! {p1 = d.inh ; p2 = indep} ; attr => (d.s ! ten) ++ (table {{p1 = sg ; p2 = sg} => "et" ; {p1 = sg ; p2 = pl} => "-" ; {p1 = pl ; p2 = sg} => "-" ; {p1 = pl ; p2 = pl} => "-"} ! {p1 = d.inh1 ; p2 = e.inh}) ++ e.s ! {p1 = d.inh ; p2 = indep}}} ;
+  {s = table {indep => 
+		(d.s ! ten) ++ (table {{p1 = sg ; p2 = sg} => "et" ; 
+				       {p1 = sg ; p2 = pl} => "-" ; 
+				       {p1 = pl ; p2 = sg} => "-" ; 
+				       {p1 = pl ; p2 = pl} => "-"} ! {p1 = d.inh1 ; p2 = e.inh}) ++
+		e.s ! {p2 = indep} ; 
+	      attr => 
+		(d.s ! ten) ++ (table {{p1 = sg ; p2 = sg} => "et" ;
+				       {p1 = sg ; p2 = pl} => "-" ; 
+				       {p1 = pl ; p2 = sg} => "-" ; 
+				       {p1 = pl ; p2 = pl} => "-"} ! {p1 = d.inh1 ; p2 = e.inh}) ++ 
+		e.s ! {p2 = indep}}} ;
 lin pot1as2 n =
   {s = table {indep => n.s ! indep ; attr => n.s ! attr}} ;
+
 lin pot2 d =
-  {s = table {indep => (d.s ! {p1 = unit ; p2 = attr}) ++ table {sg => "cent" ; pl => "cents"} ! (d.inh) ; attr => (d.s ! {p1 = unit ; p2 = attr}) ++ "cent"}} ;
+  {s = table {indep => 
+		(d.s ! {p1 = unit ; p2 = attr}) ++ 
+		table {sg => "cent" ; pl => "cents"} ! (d.inh) ; 
+	      attr => 
+		(d.s ! {p1 = unit ; p2 = attr}) ++ 
+		"cent"}} ;
 lin pot2plus d e =
-  {s = table {indep => (d.s ! {p1 = unit ; p2 = attr}) ++ "cent" ++ e.s ! indep ; attr => (d.s ! {p1 = unit ; p2 = attr}) ++ "cent" ++ e.s ! indep}} ;
+  {s = table {indep => (d.s ! {p1 = unit ; p2 = attr}) ++ "cent" ++ e.s ! indep ; 
+	      attr  => (d.s ! {p1 = unit ; p2 = attr}) ++ "cent" ++ e.s ! indep}} ;
 lin pot2as3 n =
   {s = n.s ! indep} ;
+
 lin pot3 n =
   {s = (n.s ! attr) ++ "mille"} ;
 lin pot3plus n m =