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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| salt, salts (nn.) |
| Salt (sodium chloride), is a mass noun, construed as singular. Salts is a count noun, construed as plural. Such compound nouns as Epsom salts, bath salts, and smelling salts usually take plural verbs. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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