Part 13 (2/2)

Riches are easily lost

+83+ The following nouns have the saular, _corps_, _cannon_, _deer_, _grouse_, _heathen_, _hose_, _means_, _odds_, _series_, _sheep_, _species_, _swine_, _verular or plural isof the sentence For exa of _one_ cannon

_The cannon used in the war are of treuns used in the war

When you say, _The sheep is lost_, we know you mean _one_ sheep, but when you say, _The sheep are in the pasture_, we know you mean the entire drove

+84+ When preceded by a nuular and plural Without the nu of _s_; _brace_, _couple_, _dozen_, _hundred_, _pair_, _score_, _thousand_, _yoke_ For example:

Thousands enlisted

Three thousand enlisted

Dozens came at my call

Two dozen caes we have studied so far have been for the purpose of indicating nue to shohich sex the object nauish between the ender_

+Gender is the distinction in words that denotes sex+

+The nouns that denote females are called feminine nouns+

+The nouns that denote males are called enerally made by the addition of _ess_ to the masculine form Thus:

prince princess ress lion lioness actor actress God Goddess

+87+ Naender, and are called _neuter nouns_ Neuter means literally _neither_ Such nouns as _mountain_, _iron_, _river_, _chair_, are neuter

Sometimes the feminine is an entirely different word fro queen lord ladyhind

+88+ Many nouns that denote living beings apply alike to ender_ As woman enters more and more into the business world and pursues the sae in form to denote the feminine is used less frequently, and e have called the masculine form is used for both sexes, thus:

_Poet_, _waiter_, _doctor_, _editor_--these nouns are used for both men and women

POSSESSIVE FORM

+89+ There is just one e made in the form of a noun, and that is ish to shoho or what owns or possesses a thing Thus rite:

John's book

The boy's hat

And since this form of the noun denotes possession, it is called the _possessive forrammarians call this the possessive case