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- 08-Nov-2012, 14:36 #1
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How do you count "curtains"? Hello,
Again another possibly silly question from me. How do you count "curtains"? Do you count one piece of cloth on one side of the window as one curtain? OR Do you count one curtain (both sides) per window?
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- 08-Nov-2012, 14:49 #2
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Re: How do you count "curtains"?
- 08-Nov-2012, 23:56 #3
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Re: How do you count "curtains"? But a pair of curtains consists, of course, of two curtains. You can count them. So one curtain hangs on the left and one curtain hangs on the right. In the case of my sitting room bay window, I have three curtains!
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- 09-Nov-2012, 00:00 #4
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Re: How do you count "curtains"? Curtains? Bay window? Luxury!!! When I were a lad, I lived in a cardboard box with a hole cut out for a window....
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- 09-Nov-2012, 00:12 #5
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Re: How do you count "curtains"? I would hang curtains on my windows. Originally Posted by bhaisahab
- 09-Nov-2012, 06:28 #6
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Re: How do you count "curtains"? We'd never do that in BrE. It must be'at'. Originally Posted by SoothingDave Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
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- 09-Nov-2012, 06:30 #7
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Re: How do you count "curtains"? For those who are wondering about this, see here. Originally Posted by Grumpy Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
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- 09-Nov-2012, 09:30 #8
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Re: How do you count "curtains"? You were lucky! We lived in a hole with a cardboard box for a roof, we didn't have any of your sissy windows! Originally Posted by Grumpy
- 09-Nov-2012, 12:19 #9
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Re: How do you count "curtains"? Roof! What we would have given for a roof in our stagnant pond.
- 09-Nov-2012, 12:41 #10
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Re: How do you count "curtains"? Stagnant pond?
Luxury. In our cess pond, ...Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
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