the word DAY, counting

Nov 16, 2006 02:01

So I just posted a countdown of sorts on this other site and I realized something was weird.

Two dayS left
One day_ left
Zero dayS left

Why is zero days plural? Zero isn't a number greater than one, which is what I think of when I think "when do you add the plural".

These things always occur to me when i'm super tired. lovely.

linguistics

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