tag:danbooru.me,2005:/forum_topics/2753Singular or plural: gear2009-09-25T19:35:45-04:00tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/271092009-09-25T19:35:45-04:002009-09-25T19:35:45-04:00@jxh2154: No disagreement so far so aliased to gears.<p>No disagreement so far so aliased to <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/gears">gears</a>.</p>jxh2154/users/1309tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/271082009-09-25T18:54:11-04:002009-09-25T18:54:11-04:00@0xCCBA696: "gear" is also a mass noun referring to...<p>"gear" is also a mass noun referring to "equipment", fwiw. Maybe that's your subconscious aversion to using the singular in this case, jxh2154.</p>0xCCBA696/users/33844tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/271072009-09-25T18:37:17-04:002009-09-25T18:37:17-04:00@Fred1515: > T5J8F8 said:
> What about cog/cogs?> Log...<blockquote><p>T5J8F8 said:<br>What about <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link dtext-wiki-does-not-exist dtext-tag-empty" href="/wiki_pages/cog" title="This wiki page does not have a tag">cog</a>/<a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link dtext-wiki-does-not-exist dtext-tag-empty" href="/wiki_pages/cogs" title="This wiki page does not have a tag">cogs</a>?</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>Log said:<br>gears, alias cog/cogs to gear because a gear without cogs a gear is a circular disk. (Also who the hell tags cogs)</p></blockquote><p>Only had 3 posts anyway, I changed it to gears.</p>Fred1515/users/97403tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/271062009-09-25T18:35:53-04:002009-09-25T18:36:08-04:00@Log: gears, alias cog/cogs to gear because a gear...<p>gears, alias cog/cogs to gear because a gear without cogs a gear is a circular disk. (Also who the hell tags cogs)</p>Log/users/9509tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/271042009-09-25T17:46:38-04:002009-09-25T17:46:38-04:00@NeverGonnaGive: What about cog/cogs?<p>What about <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link dtext-wiki-does-not-exist dtext-tag-empty" href="/wiki_pages/cog" title="This wiki page does not have a tag">cog</a>/<a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link dtext-wiki-does-not-exist dtext-tag-empty" href="/wiki_pages/cogs" title="This wiki page does not have a tag">cogs</a>?</p>NeverGonnaGive/users/65656tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/271012009-09-25T16:20:31-04:002009-09-25T16:20:31-04:00@Evangeline_A.K._McDowell: I would go with gears simply for the fact that...<p>I would go with <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/gears">gears</a> simply for the fact that one gear alone doesn't usually do much.</p>Evangeline_A.K._McDowell/users/15754tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/271002009-09-25T16:12:08-04:002009-09-25T19:35:45-04:00@jxh2154: > takapo said: gear <-> gearsThoughts? I like...<blockquote><p>takapo said: <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link dtext-wiki-does-not-exist dtext-tag-empty" href="/wiki_pages/gear" title="This wiki page does not have a tag">gear</a> <-> <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/gears">gears</a></p></blockquote><p>Thoughts? I like plural better but I don't have any sort of objective reason I can give as to why it should violate our tendency towards singular.</p>jxh2154/users/1309