Singular Plural Indefinite a yong squire
yonge Definite the yonge sonne
The difference between number forms is manifested only in the Indefinite (strong) declension, where thee is no ending in the singular but the ending -e in the plural.
In New English what remained of the declension in Middle English disappeared completely and now we have the uninflected form for the adjective used for all purposes for which in Old English there existed a complicated adjectival paradigm with the two number-forms, five case-forms, three gender-forms and two declensions.
As we have seen above, all grammatical categories and declensions in Middle and New English disappeared. Contrary to that degrees of comparison of the adjective were not only preserved but also developed in Middle and New English. For example:
