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Subject:Re: A usage question From:Henry Polard <henry -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 5 May 1993 07:26:43 PDT
> Usage, of course, rules; language is what people make of it.
> But part of usage is tradition and etymology.
Nontheless ...
In bakeries I have heard "breads" for loaves of bread (NOT types of
bread), and I have heard tailors talk about pants (as in, "You have
three pants here.")
