Words similar to plurals

Example sentences for: plurals

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

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).
It is used to describe compounds composed of an adjective and a substantive so as to form, principally, a possessive adjective, like bahuvrihi itself; it also forms a compound that is different grammatically from its head member and, particularly, plurals that function as singular nouns, as in lazy-bones, sly-boots .
They have trouble creating the plurals of words and forming verbs in the past tense--things most 4-year-olds can easily manage.
Another development that worries me is the employment of plurals in an adjectival sense.
Only among the few people who pronounce the English plurals with [s] are these words derived from the plurals used in Spanish or Yiddish.