Water freezes at zero degrees centigrade and boils at 100 degrees centigrade.
Is ”ZERO" plural? How come we need to put “-s” here? Thanks!
zero is neither singular nor plural logically but, English probably treats zero as plural since grammar gives us only two choices.
- singular -> +1/-1
- plural -> more than 1 to both (+)direction and (-) direction
zero is not probably the word “one”
we normally say “there are no spoons on the table”, probably because zero is thought of as a number , that is not one.
Yes, zero is plural: it should be “zero degrees”. As Nerry said, there is no good reason why it is so, but grammar is not always rational.
OK, I’ve got it. Crystal clear! Thanks. (@^▽^@)