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

[Alain Gottcheiner]

richard.hills at immi.gov.au a écrit :
>
> 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
>
>   
It's a fact that, of all occidental languages, English is the one nearer 
to Chinese and Japanese as far as morphology (or its absence) and syntax 
are concerned.
No declension ; nearly no conjugation but added words ; words that can 
be either nouns or verbs ; no grammatical gender ; loose use of 
articles, relative pronouns, feminine and plural forms ; compound words 
hat don't need hyphens or epentheses ; and many others.

We French-speaking persons know that well : when we have to decode the 
translation of originally Japanese directions for use, we prefer reading 
the English translation than the French one ; there is at least some 
hope that it will be understandable, as language structure will cause 
less distortions.

Best regards

    Alain