- We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;
- but the plural of ox became oxen not oxes.
- One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
- yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
- You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice;
- yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
- If the plural of man is always called men,
- why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
- If I spoke of my foot and show you my feet,
- and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
- If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
- why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?
- Then one may be that, and three would be those,
- yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
- and the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
- We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
- but though we say mother we never say methren.
- Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
- but imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim
Y Is English So Difficult????
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HEY...THATS NICE...TO KNOW U ALL ARE GETTING EDUCATED TOO...Originally posted by appuus View Posthey that was educative
JUST KIDDING.............
THANKS MAN
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