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Subject: English grammer, plurals
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: jazz2012-ga
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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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Subject: 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."
Subject: 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?
Subject: 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.
Subject: 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.
Subject: 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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