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Sarah khan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Kindly, let me get out from my one of childhood confusion ....
I have one question from childhood,
that there's in English grammer 'plural' of mouse and louse are mice and lice
but why isn't the plural of house like hice ??
Is there any reason , seriously want to know about it ...
kind Regards!
Thanks in advance
that there's in English grammer 'plural' of mouse and louse are mice and lice
but why isn't the plural of house like hice ??
Is there any reason , seriously want to know about it ...
kind Regards!
Thanks in advance
Top answer
Hi, Your question has something to do with the history of the English language. The word house falls under a group of irregular nouns that used to be pluralized by adding -n or -en , deriving from an old-fashioned form in Old English. Old English is a West Germanic language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons between the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.
- Hi, Your question has something to do with the history of the English language.
- The word house falls under a group of irregular nouns that used to be pluralized by adding -n or -en , deriving from an old-fashioned form in Old English.
- Old English is a West Germanic language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons between the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.
- I guess you are familiar with the word oxen , which is the plural form of ox , so I assume you might be surprised to find out that theoretically house can be pluralized in a similar way: housen .
- Nowadays, however, the plural form housen is regarded as being dialectic, and it is rare to hear native speakers of English use it rather than houses .
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Hi,
Your question has something to do with the history of the English language.
The word house falls under a group of irregular nouns that used to be pluralized by adding -n or -en,
deriving from an old-fashioned form in Old English. Old English is a West Germanic language that was
spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons between the mid-5th cen
Your question has something to do with the history of the English language.
The word house falls under a group of irregular nouns that used to be pluralized by adding -n or -en,
deriving from an old-fashioned form in Old English. Old English is a West Germanic language that was
spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons between the mid-5th cen
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thanks a billion......I really enjoy to know the history...kind regards..
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