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.



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