eli5 why do we use “s” at the end of words with 0 quantity?

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0 elephants

1 elephant

2 elephants

100 elephants

I understand the “s” for quantities larger than 1 because it’s plural (more than 1) — but why for 0, which is less than 1? Why does it just “feel more comfortable” (including for me)? Is there a logical reason behind it?

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it depends on if you’re talking about a math situation or a sentence like in English. I may be reading the question wrong, but I’m sure if it’s it’s somebody with two esses at the end of your name. You don’t want to add an extra ass because it’ll look like there’s multiple of the same person so you would usually just do.

EX: Jesus’ not Jesus’s same thing with Moses because he has an S on the end of his name

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