, child, ox, beaux, cherubim, mesdames, termini, genus, genius, bagnio,
theory, galley, muff, mystery, colloquy, son-in-law, man-of-war, spoonful,
maid-servant, Frenchman, German, man-servant, Dr. Smith, Messrs. Brown and
Smith, x, 1/2, deer, series, bellows, molasses, pride, politics, news,
sunfish, clothes, alms, goods, grounds, greens, who, that.
+Direction.+--_Give five words that have no plural, five that have no
singular, and five that have the same form in both numbers._
+Direction.+--_Correct the following plurals, and give the Remark that
applies to each:_--
Stagees, foxs, mosquitos, calicos, heros, soloes, babys, trioes, chimnies,
storys, elfs, beefs, scarves, oxes, phenomenons, axises, terminuses,
genuses, mother-in-laws, aldermans, Mussulmen, teeth-brushes, mouthsful,
attorney-at-laws, man-childs, geese-quills, 2s, ms. swines.
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LESSON 116.
NUMBER FORMS IN CONSTRUCTION.
The number of a noun may be determined not only by its form but also by the
verb, the adjective, and the pronoun used in connection with it.
+Remark.+--_These scissors are_ so dull that I cannot use _them_. The
plurality of _scissors_ is here made known in four ways. In the following
sentence _this, is_, and _it_ are incorrectly used: _This_ scissors _is_ so
dull that I cannot use _it_.
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