chicken grammer question

[woodmort]

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I noticed that too! Is grammar plural or singular? Hmmmm

I thought she was my mother's mother.

 

[Angiebubs]

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OMG! you all made my day! Many chuckles and giggles through out my reading. (my mom passed away 12 days ago and Ive been using this website and my new baby chicks as a distraction) And you are so RIGHT with my "typo" on grammAr!!!! (And I rely heavily on spell check and obviously did not make use of it on here!!!!)

 

[AquaEyes]

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I checked my Brewer's Dictionary to see if it had anything to say and it concurs chicken is indeed singular. Here is a link to the relevant entry online: http://www.bartleby.com/81/3472.html From what I can gather elsewhere, "chick" is a contraction of "chicken" which in itself is the diminuative for the OE word for rooster. You're right, though, all the root words seem to be either Germanic or cognates.


On a side note, I make it a point not to correct someone's spelling unless asked. Not only does it make me feel mean, but it also reminds me of my own Spell Check dependence.

So weird...I don't remember where I read what I wrote, but it just stuck in my brain. I'll have to do a mental edit. Thanks for the correction.

 

[Nic&Chickies]

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Of course I noticed that right off, but I figured coming down on ONE issue at a time was enough.

<--(aged English 'perfessor')