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For some reason, "shit" reads as a plural noun to me while "jawn" reads singular. I've never really thought about it, hah. E.g. "can you grab the shit from my
by lelandfe 4y ago
For some reason, "shit" reads as a plural noun to me while "jawn" reads singular. I've never really thought about it, hah.
E.g. "can you grab the shit from my truck" vs "can you grab the jawn"
- tomcam 4y agoSort of like sheep? Except what about the context "get out of here, you little shits"? Edit: a_mechanic got here first: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32872443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32872443
- pc86 4y agoI would've expected "that jawn" but couldn't for the life of me tell you why.
- robocat 4y agoThe words “this”, “that”, “the” imply a position of an object (or noun) relative to the speaker - they are called demonstrative pronouns. You really need to know the difference if trying to speak Spanish: https://www.spanish.academy/blog/a-simple-guide-to-demonstrative-pronouns-in-spanish/ https://www.spanish.academy/blog/a-simple-guide-to-demonstra...
- bee_rider 4y agoHmm. Would you say "shit" is countably or uncountably plural?
- a_mechanic 4y agoUncountable, e.g. "look at all this shit in my truck". I cannot count all the shit. For countable plural I will use the form "shits", e.g. "these two shits left their bikes on my lawn".