[blml] he, he/she, or they for whom the bell tolls [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Tony Musgrove]

At 08:56 PM 4/03/2008, you wrote:
>Steve Willner:
>
> >But how in the world does the language work without singular
> >and plural?!  Are there other languages like that?
>
>Richard Hills:
>
>Yes, English.  The second person pronoun "you" is both
>singular and plural.  (Except in the Deep South dialect which
>uses "you'all" for the second person plural.)
>
>Other singular plural words:
>
>Sheep
>Deer
>Swine
>
>Pop quiz.  Which of the three words above is also the name of
>a bridge convention?
>
At last a bridge question I can answer  Swine = Sebesfi Woods 1NT
escape, last time I played it

Cheers

Tony (Sydney)

>Best wishes
>
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