Show remember plural when speaking of molasses Mo lae molasses comes to us through the spanish from the latin mella ceus meaning hone yUke since the singular and plural forms are spelled the same the word Is often construed as a singular when it should be construed as a plural hence molasses are these molasses and those molasses are C common expressions especially in the south and west they are incorrect except lo in those rare cases when the speaker or writer has hag in mind different varieties of molasses and really desires to use the word in the plural these molasses are good Is not correct when the speaker refers to molasses on the dining table ile he should say this molasses Is good on the other hand it might be correct though awkward for a merchant to write please orlease send me 10 gallons each of both of those morasses molasses I 1 ordered last year when he referred to different varieties of the product pathfinder magazine |