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Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics

single-only noun (also singulare tantum)

Noun which can only be used in the singular. These include mass nouns (wood, air), abstracts (righteousness, anger, ubiquity), and collective nouns (fruit, rice, cattle).

This is the complete article, containing 30 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page).

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Single-Only Noun from Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. ISBN: 0-203-98005-0. Published: 12-03-1998. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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