Author Topic: 2 things. 1 thing. 0 things.  (Read 1167 times)

i had a stunning revelation thought about the english langauge


when we have a multitude of nouns we add the s at the end right? 5 wheels. 3 coffees. 2 blocklands.

and when there's only one it's just. 1 wheel. 1 brick. 1 player.



but then, why does, when theres ZERO of something, there's still the s at the end? 0 players. 0 dollar bills. 0 s's.



please help i have to know


because it's like saying there are NO players. If it were 0 player or no player, it wouldnt make sense

Quote from: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/38293/why-is-zero-plural
Substitute the word "any" in the place of zero and it makes sense. Instead of saying "I have zero books." you are saying "I do not have any books."

In this construction, the plural is not referring to the zero-quantity of books you have, but instead refers to a (vague and undefined) collection of books, none of which you have.

A cool thing I learned from this is that zero is not a real number.

I honestly never use grammar rules or whatever use when speaking or typing english
I just say/type what feels right and it usually is right
Its strange that I basicly learned an entire language trough television and the internet.



sorry buddy back to the drawing board
That's English adding letters that you don't even pronounce and are completely useless

And what's wrong with trough

That's English adding letters that you don't even pronounce and are completely useless

And what's wrong with trough
It's "through". You pronounce the th sound.
A trough is what pigs eat out of.

Trough is also pronounced as 'troff'.
« Last Edit: July 04, 2016, 05:52:58 PM by sir dooble »


Its strange that I basicly learned an entire language trough television and the internet.

basicly
trough

we've noticed. not exactly something to take pride in lol


And what's wrong with trough
trough isn't pronounced the same as through

trough is pronounced TRAWF

i'm guessing espio pronounces th like t or d

dis is

tat is

etc

2 things, 1 thing, 0 thang.