16.The chief exceptions, or irregularities, in the formation of the possessive singular, are, I think, to be accounted mere poetic licenses; and seldom, if ever, to be allowed in prose.

Of especial value we reckon the reminiscences of Allston and his methods; and it seems a little singular, since the scene is laid chiefly in Florence and in 1847, that we get nothing more satisfactory than a single anecdote about the elder Greenough, whose life and works and thoroughly emancipated style of thought have done more to honor American Art than those of any other man, except Allston.

S=eo is the nominative feminine singular, ð=aere the genitive, of the definite article.

In the following example, ye is used for thee, the objective singular; and that by one whose knowledge of the English language, is said to have been unsurpassed: "Proud Baronet of Nova Scotia!

"When the substantive singular ends in x, ch soft, sh, ss, or s, we add es in the plural.

During the two wakeful nights in question, and immediately after the disappearance of Mrs. Wyatt into the extra stateroom, I was attracted by certain singular, cautious, subdued noises in that of her husband.

When the verb was is to be used in the present tense singular, in this form of the subjunctive mood, the ear is often pained with a plural were, as, 'Were I your master''Were he compelled to do it,' &c.

But these names are sometimes collective nouns singular; and, as such, they may have verbs of either number, according to the sense; and may also form regular plurals, as peoples, and folks; though we seldom, if ever, speak of gentries; and folks is now often irregularly applied to persons, as if one person were a folk.

Could it be that the priceless pearl of her love was cast beforeI was tempted to use the colloquial singular and call him an "unappreciative swine!"

"Here," says Dr. Crombie, "the genitive singular is improperly used for the objective case plural.