---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 209.2"
title: "40"
number: "209.2"
heading: "Use of number and gender."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/209.2"
---

# §209.2. Use of number and gender.


In these rules of practice, words in the singular number apply to the plural and words in the masculine gender apply to the feminine and vice versa.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 11, Noise Control Act of 1972 (42 U.S.C. 4910) and additional authority as specified.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 34132, Aug. 3, 1978, unless otherwise noted.