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minus-squareScholars_Mate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·8 months agoTo native English speakers, yes. To non-native speakers, this is yet another bizarre rule they just have to memorize.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoOr they could just ignore it because the point of language rules is to communicate unambiguously and the meaning of “deers” is pretty clear while “deer” is ambiguous.
To native English speakers, yes. To non-native speakers, this is yet another bizarre rule they just have to memorize.
Or they could just ignore it because the point of language rules is to communicate unambiguously and the meaning of “deers” is pretty clear while “deer” is ambiguous.