https://languages.codidact.com/categories/36/tags/3800.rssNew Posts Tagged 'grammatical-number' - Languages & LinguisticsLanguages & Linguistics - Codidact2022-10-19T07:21:05Zhttps://languages.codidact.com/posts/287270Plural agreement with a syntactically singular subjectMoshihttps://languages.codidact.com/users/531962022-10-18T03:42:40Z2022-10-19T07:21:05Z<p>Many quantity words trigger agreement with their object rather than themselves. For instance, syntactically, "<strong>a</strong> lot, "<strong>a</strong> bunch", "<strong>an</strong> amount" see...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/286591Why is "djinn" the plural of "djinni"?gmcgathhttps://languages.codidact.com/users/530032022-06-15T12:51:21Z2022-06-17T09:38:14Z<p>Most reliable sources say that the Arabic-derived "djinni" is a singular word and its plural is "djinn." (Or "jinni" and "jinn," if you prefer.) The dropping of a final letter or syllable to plu...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/283069Linguistics of categorizationdeleted user#2021-08-02T22:15:24Z2021-08-13T02:56:32Z<p>I think that in most languages, when people define sets of data in general and when people create taxonomy for website webpages in particular (webpage categorization), they would mostly name cat...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/283043Human general communication languages with generally no pluralitydeleted user#2021-08-01T23:28:17Z2021-08-03T20:22:57Z<p>I inquire about Languages or language families in which, in general / in flowing conversion there is no <strong>plural</strong> ; from a bit of read I understand that both Mandarin and Japanese ...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/278156Primary clause uses singular, subordinate co-reference is plural, what verb to use in English?Monica Celliohttps://languages.codidact.com/users/80462020-09-21T17:41:55Z2020-09-21T21:07:50Z<p>I sometimes find myself writing sentences with subordinate clauses where there is number mismatch between the primary and subordinate clauses. For example:</p>
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