Words similar to plural
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.