Re: AC electricity in CA

[Bob Sciamanda <trebor@VELOCITY.NET>]

For the record, my Webster's Collegiate Dictionary gives as the third
definition of the singular noun "good":

"Something that has economic utility or satisfies an economic want."

Bob Sciamanda (W3NLV)
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
trebor@velocity.net
http://www.velocity.net/~trebor

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leigh Palmer" <palmer@SFU.CA>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: AC electricity in CA


> At 10:53 PM +0530 1/20/01, D.V.N.Sarma wrote:
> > Just out of curiosity! Can 'good' be used in singular? Are there any
> > precedents?
> >
> > I am possessed by  Perry Mason's  legal assistant
> > who is so particular about precedents that he considered
> > only a widow or a divorcee as a suitable person to marry!
>
> Then I'll refer you to the Oxford English Dictionary of which
> I possess the "squint" edition*. According to the OED "good",
> inter alia, is a substantive noun, like "water" or "air". It
> is more commonly seen in its plural form.
>
> Leigh
>
> * It was cheap; it comes with a magnifying glass.