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- 16-Sep-2011, 16:21 #1
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Tip The Scale<s> I vaguely understand "tip the scale at 100 lbs" to mean "weigh 100 lbs". But in some articles, I found expression "tip the scales" to have (or intended to have) the same meaning. Could "tip the scale" be different from "tip the scales"?
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- 16-Sep-2011, 17:11 #2
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Re: Tip The Scale<s> I know only 'tip the scales at...'
COCA has 13 examples of 'tip the scales at...' and only one of 'tip the scale at...'
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