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Rh above. Did you see any of the men? &c.

(c) “Any of” followed by a plural pronoun is translated by the phrases given in (b), but the preposition is used instead of ; as—


 * There is not any of them there.
 * Not one of us was here before.

Distributive Adjectives.

, each, every, as, every day: (before the noun), every; the definite article, or , must be used with ; as , every man. . Every one of them was sick.

, every other, every second; every second word.

The Interrogative Adjectives.
 * or, what, as . what amount? i.e., how much or how many?
 * , what place? What is your name?, what hour? when?

In English we say “what a man,” “what a start,” &c., but in Irish we say “what the man,” “what the start,” as What a fright he would give her! (lit. he would take out of her).