Editing English plurals (section)

=== Numerical quantities ===
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In common parlance, ''plural'' simply means "more than one". A quantity of one may sometimes be grammatically inflected as plural.

====Decimals are always plural====
Any quantity that includes decimal precision is plural. This includes 1 followed by any number of zeros. It is normal to say ''1.0 gallon'''s''' per flush'', for instance, ''0.6 unit'''s''''', or ''3.3 child'''ren''' per couple,'' not *''1.0 gallon,'' *''0.6 unit,'' or *''3.3 child per couple.''

====Fractions====
Fractions are themselves singular or plural depending on the [[Fraction (mathematics)|numerator]] (e.g. ''one eighth'' vs ''two eighth'''s'''''), and whatever they apply to can be singular or plural (e.g., ''three-quarters of the apple(s)''), depending on whether it refers to a fraction of a single item or many items.

====Equivalent to zero is usually plural====
Any zero quantity can be plural or singular, though plural is the default. So the following plurals are standard.
* ''We have no bananas.''
* ''We have zero bananas.''
* ''We don't have any bananas.''

However, if it has already been established that one item was in question, one can use ''no'' to deny that such an item exists in the singular:
* ''"Can you pass me the banana on your desk?" "There's no banana on my desk."''