Thread: Plural of Beer
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Old 05-29-2007, 01:03 PM   #34
ernie
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead View Post
Once again, this is just a shortcut to avoid saying types of beer or brands of beer. It isn't correct.

And BTW, I have been know to be lazy and say something like "Who's going out for beers after the game?", but I also know it isn't correct.
Maybe technically but i've never known anyone to say "The types of beer of the world" but rather "Beers of the world"

Then again we have "Ask the English Teacher" indicating the tendency for canadians to use phrases like "I had 6 beer" is canadian slang and it should be "I had 6 beers".

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/englis..._or_beers.html

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