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[blacknomi]

What do you think of this word, news?

1. A plural form of new?
2. Would you consider "new" a noun? Or pronoun?
3. It has nothing to do with plural; it's simply a word itself.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by blacknomi

What do you think of this word, news?

1. A plural form of new?
2. Would you consider "new" a noun? Or pronoun?
3. It has nothing to do with plural; it's simply a word itself.

Cool.

news is a noun, so it's not the plural of the adjective 'new'. Historically, though, news did in fact come from the adjective 'new': singular 'new' (new thing), plural 'news' (new things). Click here for its etymology.

According to Oxford's Dictionary of Current English, news is a plural noun that's usually treated as singular.

[blacknomi]

Cassie,

I've seen the etymology before you post it. Have you heard that news stand for North, East, West and South. News that comes from 4 corners of the world. I quite like this explanation but some might disagree with it.


PS. Did you have serious earthquake tonight? We did. It was horrible. Mom and I still felt dizzy 10 minutes after the shock.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by blacknomi

Cassie,

I've seen the etymology before you post it. Have you heard that news stand for North, East, West and South. News that comes from 4 corners of the world. I quite like this explanation but some might disagree with it.

I've also heard that.


[/QUOTE=blacknomi]PS. Did you have serious earthquake tonight? We did. It was horrible. Mom and I still felt dizzy 10 minutes after the shock. [/quote]
Yup. It shook me out of bed! Scary, eh?