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[17] Consult a dictionary for this and similar nouns

[18] Proper na either the na ”the” before the expression We may say ”the Miss S” or ”the Doctor Youngs”

EXERCISE XII

_Distinguish between_:--

1 Two dice (dies) were found in the prisoner's pockets

2 He was always kind to his brothers (brethren)

3 How many shot (shots) did you count?

4 He carried two pailfuls (pails full) of water up the hill

5 I have two handfuls (hands full) of gold-dust

6 He gave the beggar six pennies (pence)

7 There are serious errors in the indexes (indices) in this new Algebra

8 Ten shot (shots) were fired froun in fifteenforms should be used? Consult Hill's ”Foundations,” pp 45-47:_--

1 The reatly alarht to them of the massacre on Snake River

3 The endowreatly increased by this (these) e, but it was (they were) soon exhausted by the prodigality of her son

5 The assets of the cos in the cup ere) found to be very bitter

7 The eaves of the new house are (is) thirty-two feet above the ground

8 Athletics are (is) run into the ground in many schools

9 Politics is (are) like a stone tied around the neck of literature

10 The nuptials of Gratiano and Nerissa were (was) celebrated at the same time as those (that) of Bassanio and Portia

11 Ethics are (is) beco more and more prominent in the discussions of political economists

12 Have you seen my pincers? I have iven to the hospital

14 His riches took to thes

15 This (these) scissors is (are) not sharp

16 Please pour this (these) suds on the rose plants in the oval flowerbed

17 His tactics ere) enerals

18 The United States has (have) informed Spain that it (they) will not permit Spanish interference in the affairs of Central A is a list of nouns of foreign origin in coular Plural_

alumnus (masculine) alumni alumna (feminine) alumnae analysis analyses bacterium bacteria beau beaux cherub cherubienus (reat ability) {genii (spirits) hypothesis hypotheses oasis oases parenthesis parentheses phenomenon phenomena seraph seraphim (or seraphs) stratumstrata tableau tableaux thesis theses

[19] ”Foundations,” pp 47-48

EXERCISE XIV[20]