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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
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commons
People knowingly or unknowingly will take too much, even though it is not for anyone's collective or long-term good. As Hardin put it, "Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all."
Q) I was wondering how an article "a" and the plural noun "commons" come together.
I looked up the word common in one dictionary:
1. one dictionary says it can be either singular or plural when it is used as the meaning " an area of grassy land, usually in or near a village or small town, where the public is allowed to go"
But it as it is put "a commons," commons is considered a singular noun, isn't it?
Q) I was wondering how an article "a" and the plural noun "commons" come together.
I looked up the word common in one dictionary:
1. one dictionary says it can be either singular or plural when it is used as the meaning " an area of grassy land, usually in or near a village or small town, where the public is allowed to go"
But it as it is put "a commons," commons is considered a singular noun, isn't it?
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moon7296 But it as it is put "a commons," commons is considered a singular noun, isn't it? That sentence is flawed. 'Commons' here is a plural (countable) noun.
- moon7296 But it as it is put "a commons," commons is considered a singular noun, isn't it?
- That sentence is flawed.
- 'Commons' here is a plural (countable) noun.
- we cannot have 'a commons'.
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moon7296But it as it is put "a commons," commons is considered a singular noun, isn't it?That sentence is flawed. 'Commons' here is a plural (countable) noun. we cannot have 'a commons'.
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