SINGULAR PLURALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1923, Page 4

SINGULAR PLURALS.

\\Vl! hegill with i l !>UX Ulld t'C' ; 1: i i*« 1 i'l ' Ijiii 1110 plural of ox should I ■ ■o. not OV-: Tlit'n mu' lowl is goose, but two •"••• •’‘l.'.i \r Yet tlio pi uni lof moose shnulil o '' oe lie ■■■ • : Vim limy find it lone mouse, or ;i ’■ 1 ' ' lii"st ioi<e . Lint the plum! of house is hoe not. liiee: If the plurnl of mini is always o men. Why sliotiltl'i’t the plurnl of pan •'■' (t iled p nr The i.wvs in the plurnl may i e »t> or km lint ii how if repeated is never e led hint'. And the plural of vow is vov.nevi r vine: And if i -peak of a foot., mu! to . Aiov. me your feet. And 1 fiive you n hoot, would t or he ended heel ' If one is a tooth, and n '.'hoi ft are tmth. Why shouldn't, the plural of ' ■ 'h l>, : (ailed h-ev'Ji : If the singular's mis. and tie 'lurtu is tiiese, Should not the plural of hiss, h- named keem:' Then one mav he that and three would in- these. Vet that in the plurnl would never he hose. And the plural of eat is eats, not cose. We speak of a brother, and aim oi brethren. Jiut though we >ny mother, we never say inethivn. ■j jien masculine pronouns are he. his. and him, lim imagine the feminine. s he - us. mid slum. So the Kmilisii. ' think, you 'd will agree, Is the aw fullest language you • or tnd sett —“ I lie llavvn