Re: Chinese-style measure words in English?

From: Aidan Kehoe (kehoea_at_parhasard.net)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 20:37:05 +0000

 Ar an t-ochtú lá is fiche de mí na Nollaig, scríobh Peter T. Daniels:

> > That's a little different, as "42 head of cattle" is just a wordy way of
> > saying "42 cattle". OTOH, you can talk of "23 slices of bread", but not
> > "23 bread".
>
> You can say "42 cows" or "42 bulls" but not "42 cattle."

Reference? Works fine for me, and I grew up farming. 

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