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  2. From: G.M.Suddes@newcastle.ac.uk (Gareth Suddes)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Plurals
  5. Message-ID: <C1IKCv.KIq@newcastle.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 27 Jan 93 13:05:18 GMT
  7. Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 7RU
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  12.  Something I noticed the other day.
  13.  Why is it we often refer to 'nothing' as a plural?
  14.  
  15.    eg 0 people                0 men
  16.       1 person                1 man
  17.       2 people                2 men
  18.       3 people....            3 men...
  19.  
  20. Curiously,
  21. Gareth
  22.  ______________________________________________________________________________
  23. (   As the days go by we face the increasing inevitablity that we are alone    )
  24.  \        in a godless, uninhabited, hostile and meaningless universe.        /
  25.   \_____Still, you've got to laugh haven't you?_______G.M.Suddes@ncl.ac.uk___/
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