Number And Gender
A NOUN or name that means but one,
Is called in the singular number;
But when it stands for more than one,
'Tis plural, child, remember.
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A NOUN that is the name of males,
As ox, or horse, or father,
Is masculine in gender, dear;
While cow, and mare, and mother,
And all the names of females, child,
Are feminine, 'tis true;
Now tell me all the names you know,
And tell their gender, too.
But you will find there's many a noun
Not male, nor female either,
As chair, and book; and such we call
In neuter gender--neither.