Example sentences for: plural

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

  • The American Baptist Churches (note the plural: Baptists object to the idea of denominations, choosing to "freely associate" instead) absolutely took the liberal position on practically any social issue from the 1960s on (which is why they're losing churches to the Southern Baptist and National Baptist conventions).

  • In general, back-formation of new singulars from plurals is a sign that the plural is textually more frequent than the singular (indeed, the Oxford English Dictionary lists only frijoles and no singular form whatsoever for English).

  • 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.

  • Though all are currently being used almost exclusively in plural form, they are treated as if they were singular, e.g., a bacteria, etc.

  • It may not even represent the plural of Old English hlyw burial mound as usually explained.


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