----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Henry George, in "The Science of Political Economy" (1897), Book II, Chap.XV, has a discussion of "goods" and "good". He writes: "There is in English no singular of the word "goods", and the reason is that there is no need for one, since when we want to express the idea of a single item or article in a lot of goods, it is better to use the specific noun..." Roger Sandilands ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]