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English grammer, plurals
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: jazz2012-ga List Price: $8.00 |
Posted:
02 Jan 2005 08:42 PST
Expires: 01 Feb 2005 08:42 PST Question ID: 450425 |
Is it correct to say, "I will move the 'stones'(meaning stone urns, stone statues and stone stools) from my warehouse to my backyard"? |
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Re: English grammer, plurals
From: flajason-ga on 02 Jan 2005 09:11 PST |
You plurality appears to be correct however the meaning of 'stones' in that context is ambiguous. I think this would be preferred: "I will move the stone objects from my warehouse to my backyard." |
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Re: English grammer, plurals
From: mikomoro-ga on 02 Jan 2005 09:39 PST |
You asked a very similar question yesterday ... http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=450009 And rated it as 'Clear and indepth answer. Thank you' with a $5 tip. So what's new? |
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Re: English grammer, plurals
From: jazz2012-ga on 02 Jan 2005 10:41 PST |
My friend and I are having an friendly argument about "stone" and "stones". He refuses to accept your excellent answer and insisted I word it his way, I suppose he thinks that both are correct and I disagree. He has a problem with all his plurals and says "furnitures" for "furniture" when he is speaking about more than one piece of furniture. Thank you for your interest. |
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Re: English grammer, plurals
From: jazz2012-ga on 02 Jan 2005 10:43 PST |
Thank you for your answer but the question was not how to make using stone correct, but, is it correct to use "stone" in this instance. |
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Re: English grammer, plurals
From: pinkfreud-ga on 02 Jan 2005 14:13 PST |
Your sentence is grammatically correct, but, as a native speaker of English, I must say that I have never heard "stones" used in this way, and I can find no dictionary reference that would support this usage. If the items in question were gravestones, monuments, or "standing stones" (as at Stonehenge), "stones" would be easily understood, but I have found no specific references to "stones" as a synonym for urns, statues, and stools. |
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