Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.szaf.org!inka.de!mips.inka.de!.POSTED.localhost!not-for-mail From: Christian Weisgerber Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: "a Pair of Panties" ????? Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 10:20:01 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 10:20:01 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: lorvorc.mips.inka.de; posting-host="localhost:::1"; logging-data="65349"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@mips.inka.de" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (FreeBSD) Bytes: 1138 Lines: 9 On 2024-07-05, Peter Moylan 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. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de