Fine tune your english chapter 73(reading) summary
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ONCE MEN OF PARTS NOW PARTS OF SPEECH
(Origin of words)
Brougham → pronounced as broom
From the name a lord brougham
Means that one seated closed carriage
Macadam → From the name J.L Macadam
Means that to cover the road with small broken stones
Burke → from the name burke
Means -to strangle somebody
Lynch → from the name Charles lynch
Means that action of a mob judging without legal procedures
Boycott → from the name Charles boycott
Means to refuse to deal with an individual.
ON GEESE AND MONGOOSES
Rules for plural formation:
when `s` is added some spelling adjustments are needed
Y →ies
Sky → skies
Fe → ves
Knife → knives
O → o +es
Mango → mangoes
Mutation plurals
- nouns from plural by changing the vowel
Man → men
nouns borrowed from other language form plural as in original language
Alumnus →alumni
Exceptions :
Nouns treated as singular even though ending in `s` .
eg : news
mumps → (diseases)
politics, mathematics (subjects)
Summation plurals.
eg : He is dressed in blue trousers.
Nouns that occur only in the plural form.
eg : arms → weapons
arm → not mean one weapon
A number of foreign words in English form their plurals in original language.
Us →i
Radius → radii
ex → ices
index →indices
Answer:
mausami I am a girl
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