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KevinEnglish Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

*Plural or Not?

I think my subject about covers my question.

My question is whether or not to make the word "floor" plural or not in this context.

"Between floor one and two"

OR

"Between floors one and two"?

If anyone could not just answer but explain why that would help a lot. Thank you.
  

Top answer

'Between Floors 1 and 2' ( the floors' names) or 'between the first and second floors' would be fine. -- there are two floors.

— Mister Micawber

  • 'Between Floors 1 and 2' ( the floors' names) or 'between the first and second floors' would be fine.
  • -- there are two floors.
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'Between Floors 1 and 2' ( the floors' names) or 'between the first and second floors' would be fine.

Explain?-- there are two floors.
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Please help me with this, too.

- He cut between the first and second person/persons in line.
Here, why should we use 'person', not 'persons'?

Thank you very much.

- I've waited for this question for a long time, hohoho!
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The meaning is clear in any case, so I suspect that we would see a lot of both forms, Ms. Jandi; but for my money, there are clearly two persons involved.

Presumably (in the 'singular' camp), 'person' has been elided from after 'first'. I still find it more straightforward as a plural:

I failed the first and second grades.
I like the first and second girls in the chorus l
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