Which of the two.
Either the father or the son,
but not
Either the father, the son, or the daughter.
This statement may be refined on. It is chiefly made for the sake of giving fresh prominence to the idea of duality, expressed by the terminations -er and -ter.
[§ 435]. The absence of inflection simplifies the syntax of adjectives. Violations of concord are impossible. We could not make an adjective disagree with its substantive if we wished.
CHAPTER IV.
SYNTAX OF PRONOUNS.
[§ 436]. Pleonasm in the syntax of pronouns.—In the following sentences the words in italics are pleonastic: