We also use singular words when referring to the plural. Corn is a perfect example. Corn is the singular and the plural.
So using “them” when referring to corn (or in this case popcorn) makes sense. There are multiple kernels and with “them” being a plural pronoun it fits.
No? I don’t buy handfuls of popcorn. I buy a bag of popcorn. It’s a single transaction for a single line item. Nobody says “them”. Why are you still trying to defend this? People do not talk like this.
You can’t say “one popcorn” or “two popcorn” because mass nouns aren’t countable. It’s just “popcorn” for any amount of popcorn. Notice I said “amount” and not “number” because, again, popcorn is a mass noun and cannot be enumerated. If you want to enumerate kernals of popcorn, you have to say “kernels of popcorn”.
Do you refer to a bag of popcorn as one singular popped corn?
You yourself just referred to it as a “bag”
Yeah but it’s like the difference between a shirt and a pair of pants.
Pants are one singular item yet we use a plural word to describe them.
Are you trolling? Nobody says popcorns.
No this is just an example of the opposite.
We also use singular words when referring to the plural. Corn is a perfect example. Corn is the singular and the plural.
So using “them” when referring to corn (or in this case popcorn) makes sense. There are multiple kernels and with “them” being a plural pronoun it fits.
No? I don’t buy handfuls of popcorn. I buy a bag of popcorn. It’s a single transaction for a single line item. Nobody says “them”. Why are you still trying to defend this? People do not talk like this.
I was saying ‘popcorns’…
I refer to a bag of popcorn as a bag of popcorn
Yes, actually. I refer to it as “popcorn” just like you did just now.
It’s a singular mass noun like sand. Do you say “popcorns”?
It’s like fish and sheep. One popcorn, two popcorn, a bag of popcorn.
You can’t say “one popcorn” or “two popcorn” because mass nouns aren’t countable. It’s just “popcorn” for any amount of popcorn. Notice I said “amount” and not “number” because, again, popcorn is a mass noun and cannot be enumerated. If you want to enumerate kernals of popcorn, you have to say “kernels of popcorn”.
The sands of time.
I would like one sack of sands, please.
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