Citations:invariable
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English citations of invariable
Adjective: "that cannot be inflected"
[edit]- 1867, Norman Pinney and Emile Arnoult, Pinney and Arnoult's French Grammar, page 438:
- Attendu, ci-inclus, ci-joint, excepté, passé, supposé, compris, franc de port, when they are before a noun, are used as prepositions or adverbial expressions, and are invariable; after the noun they are used as adjectives, and are variable
- 1902, A Textbook on French, page 25.6:
- In this expression the adjective franc is invariable before a noun; but it agrees when the noun precedes.
- 1948, Maria de Lourdes sá Pereira, Brazilian Portuguese: Grammar, page 59
- These numerals are invariable with the exception of um and dois, which have the feminine forms given above.
- 2006, Rosalind Fergusson and Martin H. Manser, The Complete Guide to Grammar[1]
- Singular invariable nouns include mud and impatience, and plural invariable nouns include scissors and trousers. You cannot have *muds, *impatiences, *a scissor, or *a trouser.