Example sentences for: plurals

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

  • Entries range from grammatical matters (like agreement between various elements that ought to agree), to questions of syntax (like the placement of adjectives), to matters of semantics (like the discussion of adequate ), to the meaning, usage, spelling, inflection, and pronunciation of a large number of words and phrases that might be confused ( adduce, deduce ; plural/singular status of addendum, agenda ; spelling of practice, practise ; plurals of words ending in -o , etc.).

  • Whether any name, through local preference, finally came to end in the masculine -o , the feminine -a , or the plurals -i or -e , the root meaning of the name remained the same.

  • Only among the few people who pronounce the English plurals with [s] are these words derived from the plurals used in Spanish or Yiddish.

  • Another development that worries me is the employment of plurals in an adjectival sense.

  • After the new singulars emerged in English, new plurals were formed.


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