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- There is are a dozen eggos in the box. | WordReference Forums
I would say that "dozen" is one unit and therefore would use "is" For instance, "There is a box with 12 eggs in it If you said there are 12 eggs in the box, you'd be correct to use "are" One use is referring to the box and the other is referring to the eggs
- If a chicken farm sold 3000 dozen eggs last week how many . . . - Answers
If a chicken laid 257 eggs about how many eggs is that? Well, if a chicken lays 257 eggs then that makes 257 eggs--exactly, or about 21 and a half dozen
- a dozen (of?) eggs - WordReference Forums
It is "a dozen" eggs because "a dozen"= "twelve"; both serve as adjectives modifying the noun eggs and do not require "of" This is different from "a pair of shoes" because "pair" is a noun and not an adjective, followed by the preposition "of" which is followed by "shoes", a noun that is the object of the preposition
- Why is there no a dozen of eggs? | WordReference Forums
The only one of those that’s correct is “a couple of” – and even there the “of” can be omitted in American English, I think EDIT: As Paul shows below, a score would also take “ of ”, but in practice it would be very odd to use that word in this context We’d say 20 eggs, not a score of them
- Two dozen eggs or two dozens egg? - WordReference Forums
They lay about two dozen of eggs at one period, then cease for two or three weeks, and again lay another two dozen, and so on for the number of months mentioned
- A dozen lt;of gt; eggs - WordReference Forums
I want a dozen eggs OR I want a dozen of eggs No 'of' if you are just using simple nouns or noun phrases: a dozen eggs, a dozen red roses, a dozen lemon tarts When you try to incorporate a determiner ('the', 'your' and so on), then 'of' becomes necessary: a dozen of your largest eggs, a dozen of the freshest red roses, a dozen of those lemon
- How many eggs in a egg crate? - Answers
A standard egg crate typically holds 12 eggs This is the most common size available in grocery stores and is considered a dozen eggs Larger egg crates may hold 18 or 24 eggs for bulk purchases
- two lt;dozens gt; of eggs - WordReference Forums
'Dozen' simply means 12 : it comes from the Latin for 'twelve', via Old French And if you think of 'dozen' as a number, like 'hundred' or 'thousand', the grammar makes sense two hundred eggs = 2 x 100 = 200 two dozen eggs = 2 x 12 = 24 We don't say "two dozens of eggs" because we don't say "two hundreds of eggs" or "two thousands of eggs"
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