Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Holes-in-one

"12-year-old records two holes-in-one during tourney"
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/golf/06/28/holes.in.one.ap/?cnn=yes

The commonly accepted plural for the golfing term "hole-in-one" seems to be "holes-in-one" - like mothers-in-law and passersby.

I find this completely unacceptable. How can you sink 2 or more holes in one stroke? It is not possible.

The plural should be specific to the qualifying number. So, instead of saying two holes-in-one, everyone should say two holes-in-two. In the rarer case, three holes-in-three. In the even rare case, four holes-in-four. Well, you get the picture...

You might ask: "What about if there are many such shots?"
Well, how many is many? Looks like 11 is the National Record.
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_1_50/ai_54390606
So, that would be eleven holes-in-eleven.

Rarer would be twelve holes-in-twelve....

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