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The one that gets me with "couple" is people who say " a couple beers" instead of "a couple of beers". It's like says "a pile coats" or "a queue customers" or
by milliams 3y ago
The one that gets me with "couple" is people who say " a couple beers" instead of "a couple of beers". It's like says "a pile coats" or "a queue customers" or "a herd cows".
- Metacelsus 3y agothis is why English needs a case system :)
- bregma 3y agoA case of beers is 24. That's definitely more than a couple.
- stvltvs 3y agoThere's also "a dozen eggs" if we want English to be consistent.