The plural of "moose" is ...

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/30/2010 10:32 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>"You've got some pear on your shirt"?  Doesn't seem that bad to me.
>Or "I need to rinse all that pear off (of) the mixer blades".  (Not
>to mention the baby food jars of pear.)

Definitely.  "Some pears on your shirt" is different -- several,
attached?  Or in the fabric design?

Joel

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