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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

A piece of baggage/furniture

Could you tell me whether the following sentences sound natural?

1. I have to check in my two pieces of baggage before going through to the departure lounge.
2.There are three pieces of furniture in the room
  

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In (1), I would be more likely to say "luggage". Everything else seems fine (apart from the small matter of the missing full stop).

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  • In (1), I would be more likely to say "luggage".
  • Everything else seems fine (apart from the small matter of the missing full stop).
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In (1), I would be more likely to say "luggage". Everything else seems fine (apart from the small matter of the missing full stop).
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I think "baggage" is American English.
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tamguatlayI think "baggage" is American English.
In fact, "pieces of luggage" seems to be a lot more common nowadays in AmE too, if you believe this data:

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CalifJimOn the other hand,https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=baggage+claim%2C+luggage+claim&year_start=1800&year... CJ
This pattern is similar for British English too, so neither of the phrases seems to show
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When I was growing up (a million years ago), 'luggage' was somewhat fashionable-looking (and probably matching) suitcases full of clothes and toiletries which were taken on trips. 'baggage' consisted of any items at all, usually products shipped by air or rail as the result of, say, catalog orders, usually big bulky cardboard packages or wooden cases containing anything from bottles of wine to se
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