Inks and pigments producers
I have just seen this phrase in "Chemical & Engineering News". The way I have been taught English it should be "ink and pigment producers". Is this a new development, a special construction, or...
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an artist would for sure talk about his inks and his pigments.which of these inks should i use? which of these pigments?works for me.
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I think Senning is referring to the standard that when a noun is used attributively (i.e. adjectivally), it is typically used in the singular, even if there would logically be more than one. Thus "a...
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oh, i see. sorry. still, when i look at this construction, i don't really cringe too much. is it a legitimate exception to the attributive thingy? or am i being one of the stupid masses.
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To me, it sounds awkward and clunky, and makes me think the writer has not fully mastered his craft. It may be a case of "conjunctivitis"*, where the presense of an "and" for some reason causes the...
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well, i've been looking at this all day, and now not only is the pluralization stuff bugging me, but i'm starting to think it should be:pigs and inkments.or even:pigs and oinkments.
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Great, now *I'm* brooding on prigs and porkments inducers.
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Could this be related to the British usage of such phrases as "there were fifty millions living there" versus an American version "there were fifty million living there"?
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>Could this be related to the British usage of such phrases as "there were fifty millions living there" versus an American version "there were fifty million living there"? I don't see how. Although...
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I recently read a book about the history of Arabia by an Arabian who used "millions" and made me suspect it was a British term, though I see now that it was likely a hangover from colonialism ...is...
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> a hangover from colonialismBrits with a hangover?! INCOSSIGLE!
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