Re: Middle English Plurals

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Frank Verhoft <fa478077@...> wrote:

> At 14:47 8/01/04, you wrote:
>
> <<<For your own illumination, browsing through a textbook of modern
> Dutch would be a good idea. Specifically on the plurals: The

standard

> is <-(e)n><<<
>
> No it isn't, -s is as standard as -(e)n, both are used.
> 1. Most words have or -s or -en,
> 2. some have both possibilities, with a marked preference for -s (-

en is

> even often perceived as slightly archaic).
>
> <<<<-s> being used mainly after <-en>, <-er>, <-el>, and <-eren> in

a small

> group of neuters.<<<
>
> And loads of words have an -s plural after vowels (any gender),

written as

> <'s> or <-s>.
>
> Anyway, for a full description see: http://oase.uci.kun.nl/~ans/
> (the online version of the Algemene Nederlands Spraakkunst)
>
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
>
> Frank Verhoft

Bedankt, hoor.

That was the way I remembered my old textbook, but who am I to
argue?. And then there are the French loans in <-s> etc etc.

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