Re: Missing Singulars

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

> Yes, but your examples are all plural. Show me an example of "one

cattle"

As <cattle> is plural, we all reject it as ungrammatical. However,
since you ask:

a) Practical examinations are two in number, one cattle and one sheep.
( http://www.liv.ac.uk/vets/departments/clinical/livestock/teaching.htm )
Of course, <cattle> is a noun adjunct in this sentence.

b) ... animal) bred in different farms (at least one cattle per farm).
(
http://www.liv.ac.uk/vets/departments/clinical/livestock/teaching.htm
- according to Google - the article is inaccessible. ) However, the
authors are Italian, so I dismiss this as a mistake.

Richard.