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Cairo Practors
Solgody: I look at this podcast and i hope you know the answer. Is cairo practic a singular noun? Solgody: It is odd that it's singular, aside from the fact that the second root, practicos, ends with an s. Many other disciplines end with i c s, physics, pediatrics, mathematics, linguistics, economics, ethics and so on. In mediaeval latin there was considerable fluctuation in the grammatical treatment of these words. The most interesting point is that when these words moved from greek to latin, sometimes they were treated as singular, and sometimes they were treating as plural. If you want a call with
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