grammatical number

Wit and Git: The Lost Dual Pronouns of Old English

Old English possessed a grammatical rarity called the "dual number", using specific pronouns—*wit* (we two) and *git* (you two)—to refer…

6 days ago

The ‘We’ of Two vs. The ‘We’ of All

Most languages count one and many, but what about a number for precisely two? Discover the "grammatical dual", a lost…

3 months ago

The Vanishing ‘We Two’: The Lost Grammar of the Dual

You know singular and plural, but what about a third option? Many languages, from Ancient Greek to modern Slovene, once…

6 months ago

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