...ilourifhcd ever fince, as Ardtn, AJhburnbam, &c. CHAP. V. O/ NUMBER S. Number is the Diftinfiion of One from THere are two Numbers, the Singular, and the Plural. * The Singular Number is uled when we fpeak but of one Thin? or Per fun; as, a Stick, a Boy. * The Plural Number in Englijb...

...; as une armee, an army ; nne flutte, a fleet ; le peuple, the people ; la foule, the crowd, &c. OP THE GENDER AND NUMBER OF SUBSTANTIVES. There are two...to more than one person or thing. Ex. des hommes, fflen ; des tables, tables. There are substantives that are never used in the plural, others that are...

...These may be called modifications of the noun. NUMBER! s the distinction of nouns, as one or more. There are two numbers, the singular and the plural. The singular number means one, the plural two at more. CASES are certain changes, made in the end or termination of nouns...

...Dative, the Accusative, the Vocative, and the Ablative. Number is the distinction of one from many. There are two Numbers, the singular and the plural. The Singular Number denotes only one; as hdmo, a man, The plural denotes more than one ; as, homines, men. Of English Nouns....

...and animals of the male kind ; the feminine gender belongs to worn and animals of the female kind.* There are two numbers, the singular and the plural The singular number relates to one object only, as "ttn roi, a king ; un livre, a book. The plural number relates to more than one object,...

...Substantive or Noun, is the name of any thing. To Nouns there belong three things ; Number, Case, and Gender. There are two Numbers— the Singular and the Plural. The Singular Number speaks but of one. The Plural Number speaks of more than one. There are three Cases, the Nominative,...

...principles of concord. Pronouns are like their antecedents, and verbs are like their subjects, in number. There are two numbers ; the singular and the plural. The singular number is that which denotes but one ; as, The boy learns. The plural number is that which denotes more than...

...and they are all of the third person. NUMBER. Number is the distinction of one from more than one. There are two numbers, the Singular and the Plural. The Singular number denotes only one ; as, Soy, table. The Plural number denotes more than one ; as, Soys, tables. The...

...book, is masculine ; une table, a table, is feminine. The French language does not admit of a neuter gender. There are two numbers, the singular and the plural. The singular expresses one single object, as un homme, un livre ; the plural designates more objects than one, as...

...principles of concord. Pronouns are like their antecedents, and verbs are like their subjects, in number. There are two numbers ; the singular and the plural. The singular number is that which denotes but one ; as, The boy learns. • The plural number is that which denotes more...