Example sentences for: plural

How can you use “plural” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 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.

  • An English noun which is definitely back-formed from a plural is blints (often misspelled “blintz”).

  • People of color is an old facetious euphemism for Negroes: it is the plural of gentleman of color.

  • Perhaps the writer was not serious, because he had a plural subject with a singular verb, runneth , in the relative clause.

  • But the plural has come into full flower only during the middle years of this century.


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