G&T plural
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I'm curious about the plural form of "gin and tonic". Is it gins and tonic, gin and tonics or gins and tonics? I lean to gins and tonic but that does not seem to agree with the accepted wisdom. When we sort that out how about "fish and chips".
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Over here (UK), the norm is Gin & Tonics. Frequently shortened to "two G&Ts". I've never, ever, heard anyone ask for 2 Gins and Tonics (they'd probably get 2 gins and 2 tonics separately if they did). I guess its hard to parenthesise in speech "2 (gin and tonic)s".
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I agree but for example "whisky and sodas" just sounds wrong.
Peter Wasser Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. Frank Zappa
Sounds exactly correct to me.
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I'm curious about the plural form of "gin and tonic". Is it gins and tonic, gin and tonics or gins and tonics? I lean to gins and tonic but that does not seem to agree with the accepted wisdom. When we sort that out how about "fish and chips".
Peter Wasser Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. Frank Zappa
There's a simple solution if you mix a second gin and tonic you now have 2 milli-Nagy's.
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I'm curious about the plural form of "gin and tonic". Is it gins and tonic, gin and tonics or gins and tonics? I lean to gins and tonic but that does not seem to agree with the accepted wisdom. When we sort that out how about "fish and chips".
Peter Wasser Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. Frank Zappa
This is a situation where you have two nouns that, together, describe a single thing. So the plural goes on the second noun: gin and tonics. There are situations where you will have a noun followed by an adjective or other attributive, such as "power of attorney" and "notary public." In these cases, you pluralize the one noun in the phrase: powers of attorney and notaries public.