How many horizons are there?

[nq:1]Should the last word 'horizon' be singular or plural? Jean West's ethnic, hand-carved wood furnishings and textiles are on sale. Carrying a wide selection of Eastern inspired home goods, this boutique offers you the opportunity to expand your home decor horizon(s).[/nq]
Based on the context I would vote for a single horizon. The selections offered seem to be of a single genre, that of "E

[nq:1]Should the last word 'horizon' be singular or plural? Jean West's ethnic, hand-carved wood furnishings and textiles are on sale. Carrying a wide selection of Eastern inspired home goods, this boutique offers you the opportunity to expand your home decor horizon(s).[/nq]
Horizon is commonly used only in the singular.
Horizon is the wrong word in your paragraph. The
store may add t

[nq:2]Should the last word 'horizon' be singular or plural? Jean ... offers you the opportunity to expand your home decor horizon(s).[/nq]
[nq:1]Horizon is commonly used only in the singular.[/nq]
Commonly?
"expand your horizons" 103,000
"expand your horizon" 4,500
[nq:1]Horizon is the wrong word in your paragraph. The store may add to the variety of your ornaments, but horizon

Donna Richoux wrote on 16 Jan 2005:

And it doesn't mean "variety" to me: it means the length and breadth of one's perceptions, appreciation, and understanding of, in this case, home decor.
My home decor horizons are very limited and narrow. I have a different one for each room. I won't bother to go into them in detail, but I will say that the bedroom includes no box springs and no Sim

[nq:1]Should the last word 'horizon' be singular or plural? Jean West's ethnic, hand-carved wood furnishings and textiles are on sale. Carrying a wide selection of Eastern inspired home goods, this boutique offers you the opportunity to expand your home decor horizon(s).[/nq]
There are as many horizons as the hills you have to cross to see them.

This, of course, means that expanding y

[nq:1]Should the last word 'horizon' be singular or plural? Jean West's ethnic, hand-carved wood furnishings and textiles are on sale. Carrying a wide selection of Eastern inspired home goods, this boutique offers you the opportunity to expand your home decor horizon(s).[/nq]
Good question: "horizons" is what would usually be used. "Expand your horizons" is a set phrase.
I don't think it w

[nq:1]There are as many horizons as the hills you have to cross to see them.[/nq]
Also, there are an Eastern horizon and a Western horizon, among others.

John Varela
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[nq:2]There are as many horizons as the hills you have to cross to see them.[/nq]
[nq:1]Also, there are an Eastern horizon and a Western horizon, among others.[/nq]
And, as I discovered one evening while driving along a coastal strip in Libya, a suitably placed and formed range of hills can provide you with several sunsets in a single day. Most economical.

Mike.

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[nq:2]wrote: Also, there are an Eastern horizon and a Western horizon, among others.[/nq]
[nq:1]And, as I discovered one evening while driving along a coastal strip in Libya, a suitably placed and formed range of hills can provide you with several sunsets in a single day. Most economical.[/nq]
But no green ray in any of them,
Jan

[nq:2]Hayes) And, as I discovered one evening while driving along ... you with several sunsets in a single day. Most economical.[/nq]
[nq:1]But no green ray in any of them,[/nq]
I should have mentioned that the phrase "horizon to horizon" is common. In places where there are horizons. Around here, there are trees in every direction.

John Varela
(Trade "OLD" lamps for "NEW" for