Mark J. Reed scripsit:
> JWC> It's also not clear what to do about "news" other than to treat it as
> JWC> a lexical exception. It has a historical plural, it looks like pluralia
> JWC> tantum, but it takes singular agreement.
>
> Er? The word "news" has a historical plural? "newses"?
> I thought "news" *was* historically plural . . .
Editing glitch. I meant to write "It has a historical plural *morpheme*",
i.e. embedded in it.
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