Why is the term Beer plural? ie, I had a couple of beers last night, but the animal deer is not. I saw 2 deer?

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Why is the term Beer plural? ie, I had a couple of beers last night, but the animal deer is not. I saw 2 deer?

2006-06-16 12:15:09 · 4 answers · asked by watrguy2 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education

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I think you had a couple of beers just now......

2006-06-16 12:18:39 · answer #1 · answered by uncle-i-want-5-fingers 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The term Beer is like deer the correct statement is you had a couple of beer last night however most people who have a couple of beer usually says beers but it is incorrect

2006-06-16 19:18:44 · answer #2 · answered by laura468 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

why is beer plural thats because of the word bear

2006-06-16 19:23:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Because that's how the language developed. It's not for us puny mortals to question pluralization and spelling.

2006-06-16 19:28:36 · answer #4 · answered by Z, unnecessary letter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋