THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 47, 20 March 1909, Page 3

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

We'll begin with a box, and the plural! is boxes. I But the plural of ox should be oxern, '.lot OXCS. Then one fowl is a goiw. bin two are called geese. Vel the [plural of inoo-c ,houhl never be ineei-e; Vnu will liud a lone inoii-c or a whole nest of miec, I'M the plural of lions.' i-' h"ii,c,. not liice. If the plural <ji' man in always culled men, YVhv shouldn't ihe plural of pan be 'called pen'; The cow in I he, iihll'i.l may he cow- or kinc. lint a bow. if repeated, is never call-d bine. And the plural of vow i- vows, not vine. If I speak of a foot and yuu ,liow nic

your feet. \nd I "ivc von a lioui. would a pair InealTed h'ecf: K one i, a tooth and a whole set 1--teeth. Whv Hhotildn't tbe plural of booth be 'called beet? If the singular', thi- and the plural is Should the plural of hi- ev-r be nicknamed kc,.-: Then one would'be thai and three would t be those. Vet Ihe plural of hat would never he hose. t \n,l the plural of cat is cut-, not cose. \\y„ speak of a brother and also say

brethren. Hut though we a ay mother we nevel miv niethren. Then the masculine pronouns are lie. his. and him, lint imagine the feminine she. sins, and shim. ~ ... So the Knglish. I thi'iilf v«u all will a<rree. !f s the queerest language you ever mil