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I still don't understand what's strange about it. There is nothing inherently plural or singular about "s" or any other combination of sounds. English evolved
by umanwizard 9y ago
I still don't understand what's strange about it. There is nothing inherently plural or singular about "s" or any other combination of sounds.
English evolved a 3rd person singular verb ending. It randomly happened to be "s". It also evolved a plural noun ending. That too randomly happened to be "s". There's nothing deeper going on than that.
- nkrisc 9y agoI'm not suggesting there's anything deeper nor do I understand why you think I am. I'm just pointing out that as English exists today, an 's' on the end of noun makes it plural while an 's' on the end of a verb makes it singular. And I think that's strange. That's it.