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

Question

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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Answer 1

Because quantities are expressed in plural by default, as in “how many elephants are in this room?” so “there are no elephants here” is why it makes sense to say zero elephants.

The exception is when there’s one of something, and that’s why it changes to singular.