Dear GRITSTER, can you tell me? - GRITS - PLURAL OR SINGULAR - It depends.....read on...

A Concerned Gritter Writes:  Dear Gritster, thank you so much for looking into this! This clears up much of my GRITFUSION. If there were a GRIT-GOD, you would be it....er... um.....HIM,,,,,,HER?




There is an actual "clinical" difference whether a GRIT should be referred to in the Singular or Plural form....The correct answer is,....................








Wait ........for........it




BOTH!!




If it follows the statement, "KISS MY -GRITS", then it is absolutely plural.....



If is a small item caught between only "two" teeth, then it is used in the Singular form...... For example: " I have a GRIT stuck either "in" or "between" my teeth..  If the comment refers to more than ONE GRIT, between or in MORE than "two teeth", (known in some parts of the South as "teefes"), it would then be properly used in the Plural form..

Note to Gritters of the world.- There still exist some instances where some GRIT-FUSION may occur. Some examples are below.

"Do you want GRITS for dinner?" - could refer to One bowl of Grits or two "actual GRITS" depending on budgetary concerns......This can cause real confusion and, in this particular case, can cause a very gritty situation between linguists.

Please don't confuse this with the terms GRIT or GRIST in reference to someones constitutional fortitude. I will address those topics in a later article...