Teaspoon (UNCLASSIFIED)

Mullins, Bill AMRDEC Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Tue Feb 5 17:48:00 UTC 2013


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If it's three of them, I'd just say "tablespoonful" . . . .

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> Which of these sounds more natural to y'all?  As a plural.
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> a) Teaspoonsful
> b) Teaspoonfuls
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> BT
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