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From: Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org>
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Subject: Re: "a Pair of Panties" ?????
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 22:09:28 +1000
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On 05/07/24 20:20, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> On 2024-07-05, Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> wrote:
>
>> Old English had a three-way singular/dual/plural classification,
>
> Only the personal pronouns in the first and second person had dual
> forms, nothing else did.  Nouns, adjectives, and verbs only
> distinguished singular and plural.

Thanks. I'd forgotten that.

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Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW