"Males and females" or "male and female"?

dawoodusmani · #1 (**permalink**) 07-Dec-2007, 05:27

Hi there!
Whic sentence is correct?
1- Angels are neither male nor female.
2- Angels are neither males nor females.
What are male and female? Either they are nouns or adjectives?
Best regards!

Tdol · #2 (**permalink**) 07-Dec-2007, 07:44

I would use the adjectives male/female. The words can be both nouns and adjectives.

jctgf · #3 (**permalink**) 07-Dec-2007, 08:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tdol

I would use the adjectives male/female. The words can be both nouns and adjectives.

hi,

but, isn't "angels" in the plural?

shouldn't it be "males/females" in order to match the plural?

thanks

jc

Tdol · #4 (**permalink**) 08-Dec-2007, 06:47

Not when they're adjective, which have no plural in English:
One male worker
Two male workers


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