plural
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It is to the reviewer’s disadvantage that the title of “Big Mistakes” is plural.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Technical challenges have made some cities reluctant to recognize plural domestic partnerships, according to a paper Tweedy published last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
Then "grünen" indicates that the noun will be plural and green in color.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2026
“Data is not the plural of anecdote,” as any statistician will tell you.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2025
For any true stickler, you see, the sight of the plural word “Book’s” with an apostrophe in it will trigger a ghastly private emotional process similar to the stages of bereavement, though gready accelerated.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
But when teaching an Italian Portuguese, is it better to teach adjectives before plurals?
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2021
What is it with people and animals and irregular plurals?
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2019
Rojas-Berscia’s Hebrew helped him with plurals, conjugations, and some roots.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 27, 2018
A similar phenomenon occurs when it comes to using the plurals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2016
For most of us, plurals get sticky mainly when they involve proper names, nouns with several parts, or words that can be either singular or plural.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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