只是我们的风格发生变化，现代英语不再视其为好的写作风格，但在以前的希腊语中是好的。
Just because our styles have changed, and it's no longer considered good writing style in modern English, but it was good writing style in Greek.
第二种解释似乎更合理，希腊语，希伯来语和拉丁语的误用在现代英语中很普遍。
The second explanation is probably more likely; many such malapropisms from Greek, Hebrew, and Latin can be found in modern English.
古希腊语中有双数形式，但在现代希腊语中已同复数形式合并在一起了。
Ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek.
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