Words similar to singulars
Example sentences for: singulars
How can you use “singulars” 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).
After the new singulars emerged in English, new plurals were formed.
Although English tamales , frijoles , and blintses , as now usually pronounced, appear to be derived from Spanish tamales , Spanish frijoles , and Yiddish blintses , they are actually innovations, formed in English by the addition of English -s (in the first two cases) or -es (in the third) to the innovative English singulars.