...following examples also illustrate the preference of the plnral when both genders are involved : ' if an ox gore a man or a woman, so that they die.' ' Not on outward charms should man or woman build tfreir pretensions to please.' — Opie. ' If I value...

...read of so terrible a disaster " ; " This is one of the most useful works that ever was produced " ; " If an ox gore a man or a woman, so that they die." 6. What is Comparative Grammar, and its use ? 7. Explain the expressions antithetical, rhetorical,...

...gender or number, are referred to by the pronoun he, she, it, we somctimes find the plural employed,! as, " If an ox gore a man or a woman, so that they * In the older forms of the language the verb attached to the it was influenced I, your uncle, who...

...difficulty arises when we wish to represent two singular nouns of different genders taken separately: as— If an ox gore a man or a woman so that . . . dic. To use the plural pronoun, " they die," violates Special Rule I.; and as in English there...

...arises is sometimes evaded by using the plural, as " Let each esteem other better than themselves ; " " If an ox gore a man or a woman so that they die" (Exod. xxi. 28); " Hot on outward charms alone should man or woman build their pretensions to please...

...is sometimes evaded by using the plural, as " Let each esteem other better than themselves ; '• " If an ox gore a man or a woman so that they die " (Exod. xxi. 28) ; " Not on outward charms alone should man or woman build their pretensions to please...

...difficulty arises when we wish to represent two singular nouns of different genders taken separately: as— If an ox gore a man or a woman so that . . . die. To use the plural pronoun, " they die," violates Special Rule I.; and as in English there...

...improve the inclosure of the Cave. Soutltey. d. Which none may hear but she and thou. — Coleridoe. e. If an ox gore a man or a woman so that they die. — JBible. f. He was fonder of nothing than of wit and raillery; but he is far from being happy in...

...arises is sometimes evaded by using the plural, as " Let each esteem other better than themselves ;" " If an ox gore a man or a woman so that they die " (Exod. xxi. 28) ; " Not on outward charms alone should man or woman build their pretensions to please...

...the two boys are tall "- — plainly ungrammatical. But when both genders are involved their and they may refer to them, and generally do, for brevity's...sake ; as " If an ox gore a man or a woman so that tltey die." Here he or she instead of they would be pedantic, and quite unworthy of the dignified symplicity...