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minus-squareRobertoOberto@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days ago jerkies Reading the plural form of “jerky” makes me feel oddly uneasy. Is that just like… several pieces of beef jerky or deer jerky?
minus-squarehelvetpuli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 day agoMass nouns and their use is one of the most difficult features in the English language for English as a second language learners. People do this with the word “code” all the time, and I have a strong urge to correct it. But I usually don’t.
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoI’m something of a jerkonnoisseur myself, and I have never considered the plural form of Jerky. This is like experiencing semantic satiation for the first time.
Reading the plural form of “jerky” makes me feel oddly uneasy.
Is that just like… several pieces of beef jerky or deer jerky?
Mass nouns and their use is one of the most difficult features in the English language for English as a second language learners.
People do this with the word “code” all the time, and I have a strong urge to correct it. But I usually don’t.
I’m something of a jerkonnoisseur myself, and I have never considered the plural form of Jerky. This is like experiencing semantic satiation for the first time.