One Japanese guy told me,
In the US, for example, "They sell many waters" or "There are a lot of waters in that shop" is quite common, even though 'water' itself is an uncountable noun. He insisted that, as long as it is clearnly understood 'water' there means 'a bottle of water', 'many waters' will automatically mean 'many bottles of water', which I strongly doubt. (I am Japanese too, but living in the Philippines)
Using 'many waters' for 'many bottles of water' is so common?? If so, where and in what situation?
2007-02-13
18:05:26
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