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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Favorite or favorites?

I made a statement, "We had some family photos taken, this is one of my favorite."
I had someone correct me that it should have been "favorites." I contend that because I was referring to a single photo, it would be singular "favorite" as I was referring to "one of my favorite photos." He said because I left off the word "photos" at the end of the sentence it would revert to plural "favorites." Who is correct?
  

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Your friend is correct. It should be favorites .

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  • Your friend is correct.
  • It should be favorites .
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Your friend is correct. It should be favorites.
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AnonymousHe said because I left off the word "photos" at the end of the sentence it would revert to plural "favorites."
Exactly right.

CJ
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I'm curious why dropping the word photos would cause the word favorite to change from singular to plural? Is there another example you can think of that would cause a similar change? I'm trying to understand why it would change. Thanks to both of you for responding!
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AnonymousI'm curious why dropping the word photos would cause the word favorite to change from singular to plural?
Because 'favorite' becomes a noun (a pronoun) instead of an adjective and acquires number.
AnonymousIs there another example you can think of that would cause a similar change?
No, and that's a problem. Hmm...
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AnonymousIs there another example you can think of that would cause a similar change?
It's not a very productive transformation in English, but there are a few examples.

In a game that has different colored uniforms to signify which group of players is which, you could have statements like "The reds are losing; the whites are winning."
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