Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
Subcategory of number which refers to single elements (a house vs many houses), generalizing statements (Man shall not live by bread alone), and collective terms (The wolf’s cunning). Nouns which can only be used in the singular are called single-only nouns.
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