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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Decline

Which is more correct:

This noun can decline to this form.

This noun can decline into this form.
  

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This noun can be declined as these forms. There is no hierarchy of declensions, to my knowledge; they are all inflections of a root. Since English does not exhibit noun declensions (except in its personal and demonstrative pronouns), I suppose you are talking about another language.

— Mister Micawber

  • This noun can be declined as these forms.
  • There is no hierarchy of declensions, to my knowledge; they are all inflections of a root.
  • Since English does not exhibit noun declensions (except in its personal and demonstrative pronouns), I suppose you are talking about another language.
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This noun can be declined as these forms. There is no hierarchy of declensions, to my knowledge; they are all inflections of a root.

Since English does not exhibit noun declensions (except in its personal and demonstrative pronouns), I suppose you are talking about another language.
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In English, nouns decline to distinguish number (e.g. book VS. books) and (genitive) case (e.g. lion VS. lion’s)?
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