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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Two pincers

Can I say,

(a) The crab has two pincers.
(b) The crab has many pincers.
(c) The crab has a pair of pincers.
  

Top answer

(a) The crab has two pincers. -- OK (b) The crab has many pincers. -- grammatically possible but factually incorrect (c) The crab has a pair of pincers.

— Mr Wordy

  • (a) The crab has two pincers.
  • -- OK (b) The crab has many pincers.
  • -- grammatically possible but factually incorrect (c) The crab has a pair of pincers.
  • -- OK
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(a) The crab has two pincers. -- OK
(b) The crab has many pincers. -- grammatically possible but factually incorrect
(c) The crab has a pair of pincers. -- OK
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