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    What is the plural of 'shot in the foot'?

    Question #106951. Asked by serpa. (Jul 09 09 8:35 AM)


    hipeople

    		It would depend on if you're making "foot" or "shot" plural. For "shot," it's "shots in the foot." For "foot," it's "shot in the feet."

    [Lower text and links added -- Zb]

    The noun 'foot' has an irregular plural, whether it is a part of the body or a measurement of length that is being referred to.

    One foot, two (or more!) feet.

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/foot

    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_feet_plural_to_foot

    Shot -- Plural shots

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/take+a+shot+at

    Jul 09 09, 8:55 AM
    zbeckabee

    		Gary: I hate getting a shot (injection) in the foot, and a shot under my arm is really painful. Which ones to you hate?

    Sally: Shots in the feet.

    INJECTION, SHOT -- the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot"

    http://www.wordreference.com/definition/shot

    Foot/singular
    Feet/plural

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plural

    Etc.

    Jul 09 09, 9:51 AM
    Verbonica

    		If someone shot himself in the foot many times, he would have experienced several shots in the foot.

    http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/shoot+yourself+in+the+foot.html

    "shot" can be a noun or a verb.
    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shot



    Jul 09 09, 11:02 AM

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