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Example sentences for: plural
How can you use “plural” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
In these examples we eliminated redundant singular/plural forms by averaging term-occurrence values derived from both entries (considering, for instance, 'lipoprotein' and 'lipoproteins' as a single entity).
One respondent mentions "y'all," an excellent example--English used to make a distinction between singular "thou" and plural "you," but now only Southern varieties of English are capable of this distinction without resorting to circumlocutions.
It may not even represent the plural of Old English hlyw burial mound as usually explained.
The result of this evolution is that there is now both a plural media and a singular media, and each means something different.
In such usage the plural definit article seems to imply a sense of solidarity, of togetherness, of addressing not just any or all boys or kids or whatever but of specifying a particular group.
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