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1. 1237. Celaient leurs seuls mots...^ the nominative being really leurs seuls mots, étaient is in the plural, although preceded by ce.

L H43. de province, from the country.

1. 1249. le seul que j'' aie; the indicativey'fft would be equally good, but y a»' au monde is inadmissible on account of the hiatus, whereas/^âfiir au monde elides so as to soundy^i' au.

1. 1261. vous. ..reçue; reçue is in the singular to agrée with the single person represented by vous,

1. 1270. rien is hère used in its real meaning of chose (L. res) quelqtie chose doit-elle ? etc.