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 only ; and  (MS. etc.),, and so on, are accented as in their ordinal use.

489. There are other numeral derivatives: thus —

a. multiplicative adverbs, as twice,  thrice,  four times;

b. adverbs with the suffixes (1104) and  (1106): for example,  in one way,  in a hundred ways;  one by one,  by hundreds;

c. collectives, as or  a pair,  or  a decade;

d. adjectives like composed of two,  consisting of five or fives;

and so on; but their treatment belongs rather to the dictionary, or to the chapter on derivation.

490. The pronouns differ from the great mass of nouns and adjectives chiefly in that they come by derivation from another and a very limited set of roots, the so-called pronominal or demonstrative roots. But they have also many and marked peculiarities of inflection — some of which, however, find analogies in a few adjectives; and such adjectives will accordingly be described at the end of this chapter.

491. The pronouns of the first and second persons are the most irregular and peculiar of all, being made up of fragments coming from various roots and combinations of roots. They have no distinction of gender.