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In the Accra, the plural is formed by inflection, epenthesis, 
paragoge, and apocope : these changes are alnaost peculiar in every 
noun ; the more frequent inflections are, ai, ay, and ee. 
bingiilai'. 
Flural. 
A woman - 
- yeo - 
- yeay. 
A box - 
adikka 
aaikkai. 
A stone 
- teh - 
tai. 
Ground - 
shepong - 
shepongee. 
A hyaena 
krang 
krangee. 
A father 
tchay 
tchay me. 
A liar - 
amallalo 
- amallaloi. 
A gun 
toon - 
- tween. 
A vessel 
lelen 
led gene. 
A man - 
- noon 
nhal. 
A house 
tchoon - 
tchue. 
In the Fantee the plural number is distinguished by the prefix 
en, though generally, if they can, (in a glance whilst speaking) dis- 
cover the number of objects, they use a numeral with the noun 
singular ; or, if they cannot be so precise in the instant, they sub- 
stitute ??2aw/ to mark an indefinite number. The Chinese also, are 
said to drop their plural adjunct " inin," when there is another 
word of plurality attached to the noun. 
Neither language has prepositions, and of course peraphrasis is 
generally resorted to : conjunctions are sometimes substituted, as 
and for with ; occasionally verbs, as " the King to give his captain,'" 
for to his captain ■;- and, sometimes, they are presumed from the tone 
or the context. Mr. Horne Tooke, who values prepositions very 
much, has traced all but five, of our own language, to nouns and 
verbs; and of these five, three have since been traced to nouns 
and a numeral ; so that ozit and off, only, are unaccounted for. 
Jones, in his Greek Grammar, writes, ^' the roots of prepositions 
