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Show PLURAL AND SINGULAR. We'll begin with a box, and tho plural is boxes, But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes. Then one towl is goose, but two are called geese, Yet the plural of mouse should never bo meese; You may find a lone mouse or a whole lot of mice, But the plural of house is houses, not hice. If tho plural of man is always called men, Why shouldn't tho plural of pan be called pen? Tho cow in tho plural may be cows or klne, But a bow if repeated is never calle'd bine. ) And tho plural of vow is vows, not vino, And if I speak of a foot and you show me your feet, And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet? If one is a tooth, and a whole set are teeth, Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth? L If the singular's this and the plural is these, Then ono may bo that, and three would be those, Yet hat in the plural would never be hose, r And the plural of cat is cats, not cose. We speak of a brother and also of brethren, , But though we say mother we never say methren, ' Then masculine pronouns are ho, his, and him, But imagine the feminine, she, shis, and shim. So the English, I think., you all will agree, Is tho most wonderful language you ever did see. Penny Pictorla' I |