From: Alan Cairns 

There are hints of the dual in English -- a pair of trousers, scissors, etc.

Dual existed in Attic, but really wasn't used much -- mostly for things
that always came in pairs, like hands and scissors (I suppose). You
wouldn't use it to say two apples.

Alan


On 12/27/04 10:02 AM, in article opsjohqvo0eipai0{at}news.barkto.com,
"Gary Wiltshire"  wrote:

>  it the concept has survived for things that occur in
> pairs, but originally, like in Greek and Sanskrit, (and
> Proto-Indo-European, of course) there was the singular for one, the dual
> for two and the plural for more than two.

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