ABSTRACT
4.11. After thus having disposed of the more formal questions connected with the two numbers, we approach the question of the function or use of singular and plural in substantives, by which various nuances of the idea of number are expressed. In the first place we have those plurals which may be called the normal or ordinary plurals, as horses in three horses meaning (one) horse + (a second) horse + (a third) horse. Here we have several individual objects of the same kind. This class presents very few difficulties, though there are some cases in which the choice of singular or plural may be doubtful, see 4.2. — Cf. vol. VII Index s. v. Number.
