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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Beer is the content. The container is the measure. You don't pluralize the content, you pluralize the containers.
"I'll have 2 glasses of beer."
"I need 12 bottles of beer."
"Grab a case of beer."
To say "beers" is just being lazy.
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Originally Posted by kermitology
Definitely the truth in this case.
Say it right!
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Note point 2 in the definition though. 'Beer' can be used to reference one container of beer.
2.
quantity of beer: a drink or glass of beer
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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
Just, for the record, you can't compare the plurality of beer to the plurality of pizza. English is so messed up that you just can't do it. I saw seven rabbits in the woods behind my house, but only three deers. Should deer have an S to signify plurality like rabbit?
Wouldn't it make more sense to say "yous better start brushing up on your grammar" when talking about plural people reading here, rather than "you better start brushing up on your grammar?"
I'm not an expert in English grammar by any stretch, but I am an expert in argumentation, so don't pull those ammature little tricks  |
My argument was merely that it sounds stupid, just as it would if that was the rule for pizza