Submitted by Dyske  •  March 18, 2005

Life Savers 5 Flavor

The package of Life Savers says, “5 Flavor”. Shouldn’t it be “flavors” (plural)? Why do you think it was left singular? The plural would make it rhyme better too. It’s a peculiar thing.

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speedwell2

April 12, 2005, 2:16pm

Gee, Dan, for someone who uses the internet, you sure are provincial as hell. Loser.

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Dan  (unregistered)

April 12, 2005, 9:12am

Any discussion of grammar etc in american english is pointless as most if it is completely wrong; you try and shorten/distort as many words as you can, it's ridiculous.

It's flavour, retards.

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dave

March 22, 2005, 11:42am

:This old discussion is relevant, since it basically
: addresses the same grammatical problem.
:
: When you people (Dave and dyske) know the
: above mentioned, when are you
: discussing?????????

I stand underdidn't that.

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clickmaadi

March 22, 2005, 8:09am

This old discussion is relevant, since it basically addresses the same grammatical problem.

When you people (Dave and dyske) know the above mentioned, when are you discussing?????????

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dave

March 20, 2005, 3:26am

There's a big gap like there's supposed to be something there, but no link. Anyway, I found it myself.

I think the answer is that "5 Flavor" is supposed to be taken as an adjective. What's missing is a hyphen, which would make that clearer.

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Dyske

March 19, 2005, 2:14pm

Do you see the link for candystand.com? It's right underneath the title "Life Savers 5 Flavor". Right on this page. Right above here.

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dave

March 19, 2005, 2:00pm

First link where...? I think I missed something. :)

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Dyske

March 19, 2005, 11:18am

Hi Dave,

You can see the package by clicking on the first link.

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dave

March 19, 2005, 2:33am

I haven't seen the packet, but presumably "5 flavor" (should that be hyphenated?) is being used as an adjective, rather than strictly as a quantity + noun.

This old discussion is relevant, since it basically addresses the same grammatical problem: http://www.painintheenglish.com/post.asp?id=334

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