T()S «n- personal pronouna.- Oct, ic- 



This deficiency will appear the more extraordinary 

 when we know that a much greater number of va- 

 riations ought naturally to be admitted in the plural 

 than in the singular number. Some languages we 

 know do admit a triple distinction in the plural, as 

 _ well as the singular ; but these are still by far too 

 few. The following are all obvious distinctions,, 

 that might plainly take place in reference to gender, 

 ■with respect to the pronoun of the third person, plu- 

 ral number. 



lit, To denote male animals alone, which Gender, 



might constitute the - - . Masculine, 



id, Female animals alone, - - Feminine, 



•k^d. Inanimate objects alone, - - - Neuter, 



^ih, Animate objects which either exprefs"] 



general clafses, or a vs'hole eenus, or I ,. , ,. . 



1 V • .. r . -r > Indefinite. 



where it is not necelsary to speciiy sex \ •' 



at all, J 



K,th, Animals known to be castrated, and 7 Imperfect, or 



meant to be distinguifhed as such, '^Soprano. 



6lh, Males and femaks, known to be such, 1 ,^ ■ • / 

 ^1 , ^ ' , J 'J- NLatrimonial, 



though not meant to be separated, \ 



"jtb, M^iles only, part perfect, and part cas-T .^ ;• 



trated„ known and meant to be aistin- ;- , r 



»; „ n J u .. .. .J t irn.ierfect. 



tingailhed, but not separated, J '' •' 



^ih, Females and castrata, ... Fern. imperfect: 



^th. Males, females, and castrata, - - Mixt mipefect 



joth. Males and inanimates conjoined, - Mate, niixt: 



iith. Females and inanimates conjoined. Fern, tmxt, 



I2ih, Males, females, and inanimates con- 7 n ■ j 

 . . J ' ' J- Vmted. 



joined, j 



^2'^, Males, females, or inanimates, either! 



" separated or conjoined, where no dis- j 



rinction of gender was meant to be ad- f Universally 



verted to in any way. This is precise- ^ indtf.nite. 



ly the power of our present pronoun I 



they. J 



