Timeline for Meaning of the plural form of yarn
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| Mar 28, 2014 at 14:47 | comment | added | John Lawler | Mass nouns can be countified by referring to varieties (5 yarns in the sweater), and count nouns can be massified by positing some characteristic they possess (a lot of car for the money). You have to fit it into context, but it's just another way to modify a noun. | |
| Mar 28, 2014 at 10:50 | vote | accept | josteinb | ||
| Mar 28, 2014 at 10:34 | history | answered | Terpsichore | CC BY-SA 3.0 |