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... singular or in plural , 128-9 ; compound nouns , 130 ; case , 131-2 ; formation of possessive case , 133 - 8 ; dative case , 139-40 ; vocative , 141 ; examples of declension , 142 . Other parts of speech used as nouns , 143-8 ...
... singular or in plural , 128-9 ; compound nouns , 130 ; case , 131-2 ; formation of possessive case , 133 - 8 ; dative case , 139-40 ; vocative , 141 ; examples of declension , 142 . Other parts of speech used as nouns , 143-8 ...
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... SINGULAR number ( singular means ' single ' ) , and that men , horses , we , and they are of the PLURAL number ( plural comes from the Latin word plus , ' more , ' and so means ' more than one ' ) . What is true of these nouns and ...
... SINGULAR number ( singular means ' single ' ) , and that men , horses , we , and they are of the PLURAL number ( plural comes from the Latin word plus , ' more , ' and so means ' more than one ' ) . What is true of these nouns and ...
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... singular , and the other for use with a subject that is plural ; and these forms we call the singular and plural number - forms of the verb itself . And , as the distinction of their use does not depend on anything in the meaning of the ...
... singular , and the other for use with a subject that is plural ; and these forms we call the singular and plural number - forms of the verb itself . And , as the distinction of their use does not depend on anything in the meaning of the ...
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... singular or plural : thus , this man , but these men ; that horse , but those horses . In many other languages , and even in the older English , something like this is the general rule ; an adjective changes its form , not only ...
... singular or plural : thus , this man , but these men ; that horse , but those horses . In many other languages , and even in the older English , something like this is the general rule ; an adjective changes its form , not only ...
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... singular ; he and she form special objective cases , but it is the same in nominative and objective ; unlike love and run , set and put have the same form in the preterit tense as in the present ; and so on . Such inconsistencies and ...
... singular ; he and she form special objective cases , but it is the same in nominative and objective ; unlike love and run , set and put have the same form in the preterit tense as in the present ; and so on . Such inconsistencies and ...
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