Re: USAGE: THEORY/USAGE: irregular English plurals (was: RE:
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, May 26, 2002, 16:20 |
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Michael Poxon scripsit:
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> Surely the singular of brethren is brother? Okay, brother used in a
> specifically religious sense, but brother just the same.
The same word, with the -n plural, is used by judges as well: a famous
book about the U.S. Supreme Court was entitled _The Brethren_.
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