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noun /naʊn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[noun] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation Grammar
–noun 1. any member of a class of words that are formally distinguished in many languages, as in English, typically by the plural and possessive endings and that can function as the main or only elements of subjects or objects, as cat, belief, writing, Ohio, darkness. Nouns are often thought of as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities.
per /pɜr; unstressed pər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pur; unstressed per] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–preposition
1. for each; for every: Membership costs ten dollars per year. This cloth is two dollars per yard.
2. by means of; by; through: I am sending the recipe per messenger.
3. according to; in accordance with: I delivered the box per your instructions.
–adverb
4. Informal. each; for each one: The charge for window-washing was five dollars per.
son (sŭn) Pronunciation Key
n.
One's male child.
A male descendant.
A man considered as if in a relationship of child to parent: a son of the soil.
One personified or regarded as a male descendant.
Used as a familiar form of address for a young man.
Son Christianity The second person of the Trinity: Jesus Christ
place /pleɪs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pleys] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, placed, plac·ing.
–noun 1. a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
2. space in general: time and place.
3. the specific portion of space normally occupied by anything: The vase is in its place. Every item on the shelf had its place.
4. a space, area, or spot, set apart or used for a particular purpose: a place of worship; a place of entertainment.
Originally posted by watch_the_rocks
Nah, good thread LastOutfiniteVoiceEternal. I like reading things like that, for some odd reason . . .
btw, what was your point?
Originally posted by djohnsto77
Person is a unique English word, not a construction of "per" and "son."
I really don't understand the point of this thread, it seems to me to mix the obvious and the absurd in a way that ends up totally devoid of meaning.
Originally posted by djohnsto77
Person is a unique English word, not a construction of "per" and "son."
I really don't understand the point of this thread, it seems to me to mix the obvious and the absurd in a way that ends up totally devoid of meaning.