Timeline for Is using "fruits" as the plural of "fruit" acceptable?
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| Jun 11 at 10:44 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I'd say 'chocolates' in the pseudopartitive phrase 'a box of chocolates' is a plural-form noncount usage. 'A box of 3 / 19 / a dozen / some ... chocolates' aren't available. Or perhaps countness isn't a concept one should apply to pseudopartitives (an N₁ of N₂s, where N₂s is a plural-form noun: a can of worms; a box of matches ... contrast true partitives like a quarter of the [10 000] people; 3 of the [7] cats). | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 14:47 | history | edited | Pitarou | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 15, 2012 at 12:51 | history | answered | Pitarou | CC BY-SA 3.0 |