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BobHale
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A memo circulated to all staff from the canteen at my place of employment asks people who have borrowed "table clothes" to return them.

I know what "table cloths" are but what are "table clothes"?


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Richard English
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I know what "table cloths" are but what are "table clothes"?

What pole dancers wear?


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That is funny, Bob.

For me "cloths" and "clothes" is easy. However, other types of words with es aren't, such as "envelope" vs. "envelop" or "potato" vs. "potatoes" or "tomato" vs. "tomatoes."
 
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what are "table clothes"?

The sort of thing allegedly used by Victorians to hide tables'shamefully naked legs?


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Tables and dressers both occasionally wear scarves...
 
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