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February 24th 05, 08:58 PM
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("Mike Rapoport" wrote)
Pet peeve...its Sierra not Sierras, the word is already plural. What's the singular? Siera? Rocky Mountain Rocky Mountains Rockies ?????? Mountain ?????? Mountains Sierras Montblack 
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February 24th 05, 09:37 PM
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Montblack wrote:
("Mike Rapoport" wrote) Pet peeve...its Sierra not Sierras, the word is already plural. What's the singular? Siera? Rocky Mountain Rocky Mountains Rockies ?????? Mountain ?????? Mountains Sierras Montblack Sierra is Spanish for "Mountain Range." The word Sierra is not plural, but it does refer to all the mountains in the range. You would use Sierras to refer to multiple mountain ranges, not multiple mountains. HTH
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February 25th 05, 07:04 PM
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xyzzy wrote:
Montblack wrote: ("Mike Rapoport" wrote) Pet peeve...its Sierra not Sierras, the word is already plural. What's the singular? Siera? Rocky Mountain Rocky Mountains Rockies ?????? Mountain ?????? Mountains Sierras Montblack Sierra is Spanish for "Mountain Range." The word Sierra is not plural, but it does refer to all the mountains in the range. You would use Sierras to refer to multiple mountain ranges, not multiple mountains. HTH So is Sierra Mountains also wrong because it would mean mountain range mountains? I would go with Sierras because we are not speaking spanish. It is the name of mountains within a country that speaks primarily English. It does not mean anything else. One of my pet peeves is spanish versions of government forms. I thought part of becoming a U.S. citizen was having a working understanding of English.
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