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Double + singular or plural?
Double goose or Double geese?
Double room
Double chins
How do you know which one to use singular or plural?
11 de abr de 2020 05:25
Respostas · 3
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Double goose or Double geese?
'double goose' is a specific term that relates to the feather filling in jackets. It is always singular.
Examples:
"My jacket is double goose", or "My jacket has double goose filling", or "I have 2 jackets and they are both double goose."
Double room
A 'double room' is an extra large room.
Examples:
"I booked a double room at the hotel."
If I wanted 2 extra large rooms, I could say "I booked 2 double rooms".
Double chins
A 'double chin' refers to one chin (but it looks like 2 because of the rolls of fat)
Examples:
"That person has a double chin"
"Those two people both have double chins".
11 de abril de 2020
What is "double geese" or "double goose"?
This makes no sense to me.,
Difficult to comment or correct if it has no obvious meaning.
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A pair of geese?
Two geese?
11 de abril de 2020
'Geese' is the plural of goose. I would refer to one goose, to three geese, and so on.
'Room' and 'chin' are regular nouns. A 'double chin' refers to a layer of fat that looks like a second chin. A 'double room' is an informal term for a large room, perhaps in a hotel.
11 de abril de 2020
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