It's all a bit poor!: Plural

Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Plural

I happened to go here.

I just wonder what the country is coming to when I see -

Seen on the link above

To me 'cannon' is already plural but - upon research - I find I am no longer correct.

EDIT

I rest my case:

(Thanks Wikipedia)

6 comments:

Steve said...: Nothing highlights the decline of society into the morass of degeneration than this! And I'm being serious too. It's like we just change the rules now to help those who are unable to learn them.; 10 August 2011 08:22
Marginalia said...: Surely you were never correct. But now you know.; 10 August 2011 08:31
Tenon_Saw said...: Steve: We are brothers!

Marginalia: The 1812 Overture is written for orchestra, brass band and cannon, not cannons!; 10 August 2011 11:01
Marginalia said...: Well that's blown me away.; 12 August 2011 13:33
John Brough said...: the big question is - it is the same for Canon?

I have a similar argument with the friends I play golf with. Is "golf" a verb or a noun, or both? Do you "play golf" or can you "go golfing?" I've looked and looked, but haven't been able to come up with a straight answer. Perhaps I should just switch to tennis, where you can't "go tennissing"; 15 August 2011 03:11
Tenon_Saw said...: John: I think it would be OK to say "one of the many canons written by XYZ is particularly fascinating" whereas "The cannon fired a salute". I don't suppose anybody really cares.

However, my mother used to say (when asked where dad was) "Oh, he's gone golfing"; 15 August 2011 11:11

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