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  Speaking of Canadian
 
(...) My 4 year old did that. It took me 10 minutes to clean him up. (...) Speaking of foreign languages, I would expect you to say "... two creamS and two sugarS..." Is what you said correct, or were you just lazy? Just curious, because us sloppy (...) (18 years ago, 24-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 
  Re: Speaking of Canadian
 
(...) I'm not lazy - just anal and particular :) I would say two cream or two sugar, implying two measures of cream or two measures of sugar. Cream and sugar can not be pluralized (in this context) as they are effectively unit-less. You could say (...) (18 years ago, 24-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 
  Re: Speaking of Canadian
 
(...) How about ones is it ok to have ones? Derek (18 years ago, 25-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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