Posted by Hammerer on 03/20/06 10:03

"anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> Hammerer wrote:
> <snip>
> > > nope, 1.8 legs is still legs and 1.8 thousands is still thousands :)
> > >
> >
> > And �1.8 in good old sterling is "pounds"? No! It's �1 and 80 shiny, new
> > pence! Twenty shiny, new pence short of *2* pounds sterling! Really,
> > anthonyberet . . . . hold together a cogent argument, whu don't you?!
> >
>
> You thought you had gotten away with this didn't you?
>
Yes. I did! Meh!
>
> Well lookee here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural
> Extract:"For example, in English, German, Italian, Spanish and
> Portuguese, the plural form is used for zero or more than one, and the
> singular for one thing only."
> Therefore, 1,800 which is clearly not 'one thousand only', must be
> thousand_s_
>
But it *is* one thousand only. Singular. One thousand, eight hundred. Two
hundred less than *two* thousand. One thing only. Clearly.
>
> Goodness, I am fantastic sometimes. ;)
>
Heh!

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