To: Aurelius
Why did you insert "sic" after "cannons"?
To: Arthur McGowan
Because the plural of "cannon" is "cannon"; hearing it or reading it with the "s" on the end particularly grates on my ear. Just indulging a personal peeve.
19 posted on
01/13/2004 10:15:46 AM PST by
Aurelius
To: Arthur McGowan
cannon is BOTH singular & plural, though it is frequently an un-used plural form.
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20 posted on
01/13/2004 10:21:48 AM PST by
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