[PW] Re: same spelling singular/plural

[Simon Cauchi]

On 22/07/2006, at 6:21 AM, UmbraScit at aol.com wrote:

> Is there a technical term for words that have the same form in the 
> singular
> or plural, such as deer?

Zero plural. (See the article on "zero" in the _Oxford Dictionary of 
English Grammar_, which discusses not only the zero plural but also the 
zero article, zero genitive,  zero relative pronoun, and zero 
_that_-clause.)

Simon Cauchi
<simon.cauchi at xtra.co.nz>