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Re: pair
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Phil Bralich <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:57:59 -0400
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I didn't read all of this thread, but has anyone mentioned that the problem with "pair of twins" is one of redundancy only?  It's a bit like saying "repititiously redundant."

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>From: Bruce Despain <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jun 19, 2007 4:36 PM
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>Subject: Re: pair
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>Peter,
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>The question asks for a conclusion that does not hold.  There is nothing wrong with a pair of anything that has a plural form.  It simply means two of them.  We refer to one twin with a singular (I happen to be one).  Nothing you say makes me want to see a pair of twins as two sets of twins, which would be for me the only way to get four.  
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>Bruce 
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>>>> Peter Adams <[log in to unmask]> 06/18/07 9:51 AM >>>
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>I hope everyone isn't getting sick of this discussion.  Here's a new question from my brother.
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>" Cora and Nora were twins, not a pair of twins, since that would be a total of four people.   On the other hand, if they, or any others, were Siamese twins that might be a pair of twins, using the rule that two conjoined objects that work together [like a pair of pants] are a pair."
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>Peter Adams
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