Is it correct to say “the color” when describing a multi-colored object?
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For instance, "the color of the watermelon is red and green", or should one say "the colors of the watermelon are red and green"?
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For instance, "the color of the watermelon is red and green", or should one say "the colors of the watermelon are red and green"?
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In practice your example usage is perfectly common, but the odd pedant might prefer the colouring of the watermelon - precisely because of the apparent singular/plural clash that's bothering you (but which doesn't bother the average native Anglophone).
– FumbleFingers
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Or you don't even have to use color or colors because red and green are well-known colors...vs. watermelon, as in paint the town watermelon.
– KannE
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For instance, "the color of the watermelon is red and green", or should one say "the colors of the watermelon are red and green"?
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In practice your example usage is perfectly common, but the odd pedant might prefer the colouring of the watermelon - precisely because of the apparent singular/plural clash that's bothering you (but which doesn't bother the average native Anglophone).
– FumbleFingers
13 hours ago
Or you don't even have to use color or colors because red and green are well-known colors...vs. watermelon, as in paint the town watermelon.
– KannE
12 hours ago
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In practice your example usage is perfectly common, but the odd pedant might prefer the colouring of the watermelon - precisely because of the apparent singular/plural clash that's bothering you (but which doesn't bother the average native Anglophone).
– FumbleFingers
13 hours ago
Or you don't even have to use color or colors because red and green are well-known colors...vs. watermelon, as in paint the town watermelon.
– KannE
12 hours ago
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In practice your example usage is perfectly common, but the odd pedant might prefer the colouring of the watermelon - precisely because of the apparent singular/plural clash that's bothering you (but which doesn't bother the average native Anglophone).
– FumbleFingers
13 hours ago
In practice your example usage is perfectly common, but the odd pedant might prefer the colouring of the watermelon - precisely because of the apparent singular/plural clash that's bothering you (but which doesn't bother the average native Anglophone).
– FumbleFingers
13 hours ago
Or you don't even have to use color or colors because red and green are well-known colors...vs. watermelon, as in paint the town watermelon.
– KannE
12 hours ago
Or you don't even have to use color or colors because red and green are well-known colors...vs. watermelon, as in paint the town watermelon.
– KannE
12 hours ago
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In practice your example usage is perfectly common, but the odd pedant might prefer the colouring of the watermelon - precisely because of the apparent singular/plural clash that's bothering you (but which doesn't bother the average native Anglophone).
– FumbleFingers
13 hours ago
Or you don't even have to use color or colors because red and green are well-known colors...vs. watermelon, as in paint the town watermelon.
– KannE
12 hours ago