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pythia_dreaming) wrote2008-09-28 04:40 am
pythia_dreaming) wrote2008-09-28 04:40 am
SCALES
Ok, do you refer to the things that you stand on in the bathroom to tell your weight as 'scales' or as 'a scale'?
I've always thought of it as scales. "Hop on the scales," etc.
BUT according to various Americans I know, they don't. "Get on the scale."
ANYWAY, Liz, that's the word I was thinking of! :P
I've always thought of it as scales. "Hop on the scales," etc.
BUT according to various Americans I know, they don't. "Get on the scale."
ANYWAY, Liz, that's the word I was thinking of! :P
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Mathematics is an umbrella term for lots of things, so it seems right that it should be plural.
Weirdly enough, I have no problem with 'science' as an umbrella terms, as well as 'the sciences'.
*sigh*
Stupid inconsistent brain.