What is strange about 0.1 cats?
<p>That’s maybe a weird way to put it when I could just say <em>Two of my friends have cats. </em>But that’s not the strange thing I have in mind.</p>
<p>What’s strange about<em> 0.1 cats</em> is the fact that you can use plural marking <em>-s</em> in <em>cats</em>. When we talk about decimals, including 0.1, we use the plural noun following the decimal: <em>0.1 cats,</em> not <em>0.1 cat</em>. Now, why is that strange?</p>
<p>Well, ignore for a moment the strangeness of the decimally dismantled cat and think about your conceptualization of plural nouns. When do you think you use the plural marker <em>-s</em> (<em>cat </em>vs. <em>cats</em>)? Most people will tell you that the answer is as straight-forward as 1+1 = 1: we use plural <em>-s</em> when we talk about more than 1 cat.</p>
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