Re: Chinese-style measure words in English?

From: Lee Sau Dan (danlee_at_informatik.uni-freiburg.de)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: 30 Dec 2004 10:06:10 +0800

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter T Daniels <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> writes:

>> 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".

    Peter> You can say "42 cows" or "42 bulls" but not "42 cattle."

Can I say "2 papers"*, "3 sands", "4 rices", "5 grasses", "6 waters",
etc.?

[*] paper not meaning "an academic publication". 

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