Re: USAGE: THEORY/USAGE: irregular English plurals (was: RE:
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 22, 2002, 23:46 |
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Nik Taylor scripsit:
> Buffalo yes, antelope, I wouldn't say "the antelope are", but it's not
> completely ungrammatical for me; wildebeest, I think so.
Can you cope with "Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,
where the deer and the antelope play?" This is the example that
convinced me that "antelope" pl. is O.K.
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