Q. I am hoping that you can settle a long disagreement about something. Example: Girl goes to the pet store to buy a bird. Salesperson says, "We have this one here and (points to another cage) these ones." Isn't "these" plural — more than one? I hear this everywhere, and it drives me crazy. — Jan T., Windsor, Conn.
A. I fully understand why you think "these ones" is for the birds. The juxtaposition of the plural "these" with a word t ...
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