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   From: peter@pmoylan.org   
      
   On 05/07/24 20:20, Christian Weisgerber wrote:   
   > On 2024-07-05, Peter Moylan  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Old English had a three-way singular/dual/plural classification,   
   >   
   > Only the personal pronouns in the first and second person had dual   
   > forms, nothing else did.  Nouns, adjectives, and verbs only   
   > distinguished singular and plural.   
      
   Thanks. I'd forgotten that.   
      
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