Nouns

Ways of forming the feminine gender

February 14, 2011

There are three ways of forming the feminine gender. 1) By using an entirely different word. Bachelor (masculine) / spinster or maid (feminine) Boy / girl Man / woman Husband / wife Father / mother Brother / sister Son / daughter Horse / mare Monk / nun Buck / doe King / queen Cock / [...]

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Formation of the possessive case

July 20, 2010

Singular nouns form their possessive case by adding ‘s to the singular. The boy’s dog My father’s office Only the apostrophe (‘) without s is added if the noun contains too many hissing sounds. For goodness’ sake For conscience’ sake For Jesus’ sake Moses’ laws Plural nouns ending in -s form their possessive case by [...]

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Noun: gender

July 18, 2010

Living beings are of either the male or the female sex. Now compare the following pairs of words. Boy, girl Man, woman Husband, wife Lion, lioness Here the first word of each pair is the name of a male animal. The second word of each pair is the name of a female animal. A noun [...]

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Formation of plurals – Part II

July 17, 2010

Some nouns have identical singular and plural forms. Examples are: swine, sheep, deer, cod, salmon, aircraft, spacecraft, series, species etc. The following nouns are always used in the singular form after numerals: pair, dozen, score, gross, hundred and thousand I bought three dozen mangoes. (NOT I bought three dozens mangoes.) The music player cost me [...]

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