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<blockquote data-quote="Troubador" data-source="post: 3425353" data-attributes="member: 109211"><p>Yes, Jerry but there is that infernal English language thing to confound your example.</p><p></p><p>Take your 'binoculars' (as opposed to the pair of binoculars).</p><p>Do you refer to it as <strong><em>a </em></strong>binoculars? Which confusingly mixes singular and plural?</p><p>Or do you change it to 'a binocular', which sounds better but nobody refers to a binocular and even bins is in the plural? I have used 'bin' myself and am not happy with it at all.</p><p>If you say 'I have some binoculars' how do they know you mean the single item shown in your illustration or whether you have a whole collection back home?</p><p></p><p>Lee</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Troubador, post: 3425353, member: 109211"] Yes, Jerry but there is that infernal English language thing to confound your example. Take your 'binoculars' (as opposed to the pair of binoculars). Do you refer to it as [B][I]a [/I][/B]binoculars? Which confusingly mixes singular and plural? Or do you change it to 'a binocular', which sounds better but nobody refers to a binocular and even bins is in the plural? I have used 'bin' myself and am not happy with it at all. If you say 'I have some binoculars' how do they know you mean the single item shown in your illustration or whether you have a whole collection back home? Lee [/QUOTE]
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