List of word parts of speech & their grammar rules: Difference between revisions

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** also "in between"  
** also "in between"  
* note: see [#among] for difference between ''among'' and ''between''
* note: see [#among] for difference between ''among'' and ''between''
=== both ===
* in general, used to indicate two of something
** known as a grammatical "dual"
** many languages have singular, dual, and plural cases
*** English dropped the "dual" during the Middle English period
*** but ''both'', ''either'', ''neither'' persisted as references to two of something


== D-E-F ==
== D-E-F ==