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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
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the affections

It is a place which wins the admiration of the young by its celebrity, kindles the affections of the middle-aged by its beauty, and rivets the fidelity of the old by its associations.

As a kind of emotion or sentiment, why 'affections' here emerge as a singular form?
  

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What do you mean by "emerge as a singular form"?
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Do you mean to ask: Why are admiration and fidelity singular, but affections plural?
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Yeah, I think affection is an uncountable noun as admiration and fidelity.
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I mean affection is an uncountable noun, so it should be written in a singulative.
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Eh... I'm opinionated again... Thank you!
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