Quick Grammar Question
Quick Grammar Question
#0Quick Grammar Question
Posted: 6/23/06 at 5:29pm
Okay, which is correct?
"I really llike this underwear" or "i really like these underwear" when referring to the underweaer one is currently wearing.
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SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#1re: Quick Grammar Question
Posted: 6/23/06 at 5:33pm
I'm pretty sure it's
"I really like this underwear"
Edit: I just made a hugmungo boo-boo
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Updated On: 6/23/06 at 05:33 PM
#2re: Quick Grammar Question
Posted: 6/23/06 at 5:33pm"this underwear" as you are referring to one underwear. Unless, since one underwear is referred to as a PAIR of underwear (why???) than it might be "these underwear", but really you're only wearing one, are you not?. oy, now I've confused myself.
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#3re: Quick Grammar Question
Posted: 6/23/06 at 5:34pm"I really like this pair of underwear" maybe?
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SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#4re: Quick Grammar Question
Posted: 6/23/06 at 5:35pm
I agree with Hannah.
I really like this PAIR of underwear.
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule
"I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#5re: Quick Grammar Question
Posted: 6/23/06 at 6:02pmhow about "aren't my panties killer"?!?!?
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#6re: Quick Grammar Question
Posted: 6/23/06 at 6:02pmAccording to the dictionary, an article of clothing is referred to as a "pair" because it is made from two corresponding pieces of fabric. I just looked it up ...
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YessicaB
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/05
#7re: Quick Grammar Question
Posted: 6/23/06 at 6:04pmI would have said: I really like this underwear. But it's I really like these jeans... so I'm confused.
#8re: Quick Grammar Question
Posted: 6/23/06 at 6:09pmRath? Care to take this one?
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TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#9re: Quick Grammar Question
Posted: 6/23/06 at 6:15pm
some of that confusion comes from the what is "paired"...for instance, "jeans" has a plural connotation, even if "pair" refers to the ancient practice of two separate fabric leg coverings paired together for one garment, like "hose" or "pants" or "trousers". If the word "knickers" was used instead of "underwear" (the latter having no final "s") it seems easier.
And clothing is not all that has that weird etymology---there is also, at least, the case of "scissors" and "shears" which were once separate blades, then joined into a pair for easiest use.
Can you tell i'm bored?
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
#10re: Quick Grammar Question
Posted: 6/23/06 at 9:38pmIt is this, because "underwear" implies the phrase "pair of," and "pair" is singular.
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#11re: Quick Grammar Question
Posted: 6/23/06 at 9:51pm
No, it doesn't. That would also mean that "jeans" implies "pair of," which it most certainly does not. You can't "imply a word...it will change what word makes the sentence correct.
However, it should be "this underwear" because you are referring to the "wear" as one thing as opposed to "undergarments," which refers to the wear as multiple, separate garments. Make sense?
Updated On: 6/23/06 at 09:51 PM
#12re: Quick Grammar Question
Posted: 6/24/06 at 1:13am
underwear is singular
you like a pair of socks (two)
no such thing as a pair of underwear....as it's ONE
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