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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

A pair of beautiful feathers

Can I say,

The ostrich has a pair of beautiful feathers.
  

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Beautiful feathers is a good way of discribing. A pair though is two! Does the ostrich only have two beautiful feathers or does it have a plumage or a set/ alot/many?

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  • Beautiful feathers is a good way of discribing.
  • A pair though is two!
  • Does the ostrich only have two beautiful feathers or does it have a plumage or a set/ alot/many?
  • The ostrich has a beautiful plumage.
  • The ostrich has a lot of beautiful feathers.
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Beautiful feathers is a good way of discribing. A pair though is two! Does the ostrich only have two beautiful feathers or does it have a plumage or a set/ alot/many?

The ostrich has a beautiful plumage.

The ostrich has a lot of beautiful feathers.

The ostrich has many beautiful feathers.

The ostrich has a set of beautiful feathers.
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Hi

Isn't plumage an uncountable noun thus requiring no article?
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I suppose you can say "The ostrich has beautiful plumage"
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