Some gender distinctions existing as the remnant of history. The distinction “waiter
Vs. waitress” is not universal enough to build up a grammatical category. It does
Not possess the level of grammatical abstraction characterized by an unlimited
Range of occurrence.
Cf. book and books
-s is a form-building morpheme that builds a grammatical form because it is
Characterized by the level of grammatical abstraction realized in an unlimited range
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