| 单词 | plural |
| 例句 | Archie asked, turning the screw, emphasizing the singular of himself and not the plural of The Vigils. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Add the apostrophe alone to a plural noun that ends in s. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can the plural possessive express the feelings in your heart? If you don’t learn art now, you will never learn to breathe!!!” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z A little later in life we pick up some of the more exotic plurals—criteria, phenomena, hypotheses, and the like—that are the offspring of other languages. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Here’s another multiple personality—a word that can be either singular or plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. I want you to give me the formulas...or the formulae. Either is correct as the plural of formula.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Some plurals are just a bowl of cherries. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the closest word is feet, a plural, you might be tempted to pick need. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m sure she carries her parents’ credit card—her parents, who are married and forty-five and not dating random dudes with plural names. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Then there’s the word pair itself—singular or plural? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The plurals—kinds of, sorts of, types of, and styles of—are preceded by these or those, and are usually followed by plural nouns: Mr. Dithers hates those kinds of hats. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the classroom we all learned past participles, but in the streets and in our homes the Blacks learned to drop s’s from plurals and suffixes from past-tense verbs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew the questions were meant for both of us because he used the plural “you,” unu, rather than the singular, gi, yet I remained silent, grateful for Jaja’s answers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z When both halves are plural, so is the verb: Ties or cravats are required. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A century ago, the foreign ending would have been preferred, but over the years we’ve given English plural endings to more and more foreign-derived words. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When man or woman is part of a compound, often both parts become plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So don’t assume that an exotic plural is more educated. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s more about plural names in the chapter on plurals, pages 18-19. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But none has always been closer in meaning to “not any,” and most authorities agree it usually means “not any of them” and is plural: None of Tysons teeth were chipped. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s nothing we can’t have more of, even infinities, because anything that can be singular can also be plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But it’s occasionally used as a plural to refer to the individual kinds of communication. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Do you choose a singular or a plural verb? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z TO-mah-to, they'd called them in her village, with the accent on the first syllable, making no distinction between singular and plural. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The answer is that what can be either singular or plural; it can mean “the thing that” or “things that.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sasha was interested in the fact that adding an s at the end of the word cat made it plural. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z So, too, in French you find ‘physic’ in the singular, not the plural, to mean natural science: e.g. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In other words, how do you make a plural of a noun with several parts? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In Lingala, animal is just the plural form of meat — which tells you a lot about the state of wildlife conservation in Congo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But how about when one half is singular and the other plural? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z I wanted to eat lunch with friends, plural. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Say you’ve identified the subject of a sentence, and it’s a word that could be interpreted as either singular or plural, like couple, total, majority, number, any, all, or none. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Use the plural verb: Phyllis is wearing what look like false eyelashes. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But then I thought of the expensive T-shirts she had sent me, as well as the photos of her family’s cars, plural. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z What is the plural of "privilege"?—Define the meaning of this word in the passage,— New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s more about any and all in the chapter on verbs, None is the most difficult of the two-faced words, those that can be either singular or plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The actual subject is who, which is plural because it refers to authors. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As you can see, what can be either singular or plural when it’s the subject of a verb. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, none is more likely to be plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Some use the original, foreign plurals: alumnae; alumni; data; media; phenomena. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Add r to make plurals of individual letters easier to read. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It indicates the plurals of letters: How many f’s are there in Fulham? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z I consider pointing out that nemesi might not actually be the plural of nemesis, but I figure I’ll quit while I’m ahead. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I searched my mind and discovered a new conviction there: I would never be a plural wife. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was referring to his Horcruxes, Horcruxes in the plural, Harry, which I do not believe any other wizard has ever had. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z On occasion you may need to form a plural of a word like yes, no, or maybe. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Be sure you've formed the plural correctly before you add the apostrophe to the end. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z To form the plurals of abbreviations and numbers, add s alone, but to form the plural of a single letter, add s. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z TOMBSTONE: Data and media are strictly plural nouns and always take plural verbs. r.i.p. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Tired of embarrassing myself in front of two-year-olds, I've started referring to everything in the plural, which can get expensive but has solved a lot of my problems. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, there’s no hard-and-fast rule that tells you how to form the plural of every word that ends in o. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered for a second whether kids in grade two would be tested on how to spell the plural of “potato.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Beware, especially, of the unusual apostrophe in a plural word. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, without warning, the third sentence shifts to the imperative mood and we are supposed to have the reader, not the nouns, forming plurals in a certain way. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When in doubt, consult a usage guide or pick the plural that’s listed first in the dictionary. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, if you want to emphasize that several things about Phyllis show her age, you should choose plurals for both verbs: What give away Phyllis's age are the knees and the facelift. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In saying the melons, you use the plural article, which does not reflect gender and is the same for both the masculine and the feminine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The “you” and “I” of the speech situation have been gathered into the first person plural: “we” are making war on “our grand foe” who “sole reigning holds the tyranny of heaven. ” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z She got mixed up on verbs like “come” and “came,” as well as on plurals of words like “house” and “mouse.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z By translating credo into the English first person plural, we believe, the Church no longer reminds the listener that he is alone. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For making plurals out of names that end in y, see pages 18-19. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The frontispiece makes clear that the orbis is a globe, but the plural terrae implies a collection of maps of different countries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Many words that mean a group of things—total, majority, and number, for example—can be singular or plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If you want to avoid the masculine but hate the clunky his or her alternative, don’t resort to the plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For how to make plural forms of single letters, like y, see pages 27-28. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Take this entry on noun plurals, from, of all books, The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: Nouns derived from foreign languages form plurals in different ways. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When what is the subject of two verbs in the same sentence, make the verbs match in number—both singular or both plural, not one of each. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For advice about making the nouns above plural, see pages 19-20. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If the part nearer the verb is plural, the verb is plural: Neither the milk nor the eggs were fresh. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Because without it, the plural is often impossible to read. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The answer in a nutshell: • If a that or a who comes before the verb, it’s plural: He’s one of the authors who say it best. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The question: When a noun follows between or from, is it singular or plural? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote and rewrote the e-mail, not mentioning his wife or using the first person plural, trying for a balance between earnest and funny. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The idea was the boys’, but the responsibility was their parents’. • some unusual plurals. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So all-inclusive is this little word that it can be either singular or plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t like one word that you’ve been using pretty freely, Sammy. It’s a pronoun that you keep throwing in. It’s plural. It’s the word ‘we.’ The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The original plural was octopodes, Anglicized over the years to octopuses. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Until a couple of centuries ago, they served as an all-purpose, neutral pronoun—singular and plural, masculine and feminine. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The words all, any, and none can also be either singular or plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Wittgenstein was surely doing both, and he deliberately moves back and forth between the first person singular and the first person plural to convey both views. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Sometimes couple is singular and sometimes it’s plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But where in English we can speak of ‘the evidence’ as a totality—‘the evidence of his guilt was overwhelming’—in French it would be necessary to use a plural, les preuves. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As you may suspect, there can be disagreement about whether what should be singular or plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It can be either singular or plural, depending on whether it’s supposed to mean two individuals or a package deal. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Amá keeps using the plural, even though I’m the only one left. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A couple, especially when followed by of, is usually plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Here’s how to use an apostrophe with . . . • possessives.To indicate ownership, add r to a singular noun or to a plural noun that does not end in s. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When what affects two verbs in the same sentence, the verbs should be alike—both singular or both plural, not one of each: What gives away Phyllis's age is her bad knees. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a shriek, some loud plural giggling: youth on the fast track, schoolgirls on the prowl. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But form the plurals of others simply by adding s: curriculums; formulas; memorandums; stadiums. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And if two plurals are given, the one that’s listed first is often the more common. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Another solution is to use two plurals: If any clients call, tell them I’m out. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s more about none in the chapter on plurals, page 24. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever he spoke of his house he always said “we,” and spoke almost in the plural, like a king speaking. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Or if you turn into one of those girlfriends, always ponying around after her boyfriend, and speaking in the first-person plural. ‘We love the winter. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z See page 53 for more about there with singulars and plurals. though/alt hough. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, there are dozens of irregular plurals, but most of them are second nature to us by the time we’re five or six. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, it’s all too simple to decide whether all is singular or plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No plural form is necessary, and the old singular, datum, can be left to the Romans. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, some words ending in s are also the same in singular and plural: series, species, and headquarters, which can mean a base or bases. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z B53II Either and neither can sometimes be plural when paired with or or nor. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “He said to tell you, no, to warn you, that — and this is his plural, not mine” — he lifted one hand from my waist and made little quotations marks in the air — “ ‘We’ll be watching.’ Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “The list says highlighters—plural, as in more than one.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Is a word like couple or politics singular or plural—or can it be both? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As a child I’d been taught—by my father but also in Sunday school—that in the fullness of time God would restore polygamy, and in the afterlife, I would be a plural wife. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It also indicates plurals of words: What are the do’s and don’t’s? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z For more about there with singulars and plurals, see pages 111-112. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’re unsure about the plural of an 0 word, look it up in the dictionary. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Without plural words, we’d have to talk about one thing at a time! Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When a statement starts with there, the verb can be either singular or plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If it means “any of it,” it’s singular; if it means “any of them,” it's plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever institutionalized strength was locked in this plural was about to fly apart, or had already done so, but for now it could not be acknowledged, and bravery was demanded of even the youngest. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z That plural “Bois” also invites other “Black bois” in the audience to be part of the story, said dancer and new cast member Robert Adam Moore. The ‘bois’ are back: After a powerful reception in 2018, Dani Tirrell’s ‘Black Bois’ returns for a one-night performance 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The renewed franchise, the title of which promises more of the same except in the plural, starts intriguingly with a disparate group of trained killers from different areas of conflict. Predators 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z Following Macfarlane's many travels, one understands why he thinks of his project as "a journey", singular rather than plural. The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane – review 2012-05-31T07:00:02Z If there are plural schools of thought, to what extent are they nationalistically inflected? The Enlightenment and Why It Still Matters by Anthony Pagden – review 2013-07-24T11:19:42Z Joseph explained to Mary, as he would to many other women, that an angel of the Lord had revealed the doctrine of plural marriage to him three times since 1834. Blood vows: Joseph Smith, Mormonism and the invention of American polygamy 2014-04-20T17:00:00Z That Amos called the album "Strange Little Girls" — plural — is even more telling: These are a collection of offbeat people who don't fit into any sort of neat, tidy mold. Tori Amos' "Strange Little Girls" is a quietly triumphant covers collection that endures 20 years on 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Health is my expected heaven and you are the Houri - this word I believe is both singular and plural - if only plural never mind - you are a thousand of them. John Keats letter to Fanny Brawne set for auction 2011-01-25T17:32:31Z Bizjet, meaning — yes — a small plane used for business, would be worth a whopping 120 points on an opening play, but only if it's made into a plural with an s. Scrabble dictionary adds 'OK,' 'ew' to official play along with hundreds of other new words 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The Chinese American writer Yiyun Li has used the first person plural to powerful effect in the past. The future of fiction 2012-08-24T07:00:06Z One of the draws of traveling alone, they say, is to forge connections with locals and other adventurers, singular or plural. Traveling alone isn’t for everyone — but for these adventurers, it’s the way to go 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z “There will certainly be adversaries, but it’s more plural and as far as Julia’s role, it’s not an adversarial relationship,” Mr. Hall said. Television: Newly Invigorated, Facing Adversaries 2010-09-17T17:50:00Z You may use the word in a different form, such as a plural or a different tense. Style Invitational Week 1129: Cut up with Scherenschnitte 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The strange plural of "beds" lends it a hovering association with the guest-house dormitory – perhaps also with hospitals and Bedlam. Poem of the week: When that I was and a little tiny boy by William Shakespeare 2013-04-01T09:33:58Z The plural pronoun makes it clear that Dylan rejects the "lone gunman" theory of the Dallas assassination. "Murder Most Foul": Unpacking Bob Dylan's new epic, from Dallas 1963 to the pandemic of 2020 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z The series gives the sense of a story unfolding in a special verb tense—first-person plural, viscerally immediate but lyrically retrospective, aching to communicate adolescent truths about imperfection. The Best Television of 2019 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z That “Rhythm” should really be in the plural, because in every shot so many different rhythms are going on at once. Seattle-area artists play with visual rhythms from nature 2013-03-21T20:31:12Z “Actually, I don’t like to talk about data in singular. To me data is plural.” Can Data Be Human? The Work of Giorgia Lupi 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Data from Google Books show the plural word “elites” beginning to be used in about 1940, with the obviously pejorative “elitist” rising from about 1960. The world has become obsessed with elites 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z That includes a prefatory speech delivered by Ms. Kerrigan, in which she confuses the singular and plural first-person pronouns, before breaking down into defeated silence. | 'The Really Big Once': ?Camino Real,? Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan 2010-04-19T21:52:00Z It also has the greatest number of people living in plural marriages – estimated to be in the thousands, though it’s impossible to get precise numbers because many live in hiding. Polygamy is about to be decriminalised in Utah. Is it good news for women? 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z But the most controversial new teaching, which Smith insisted was a very old teaching, firmly rooted in the Old Testament experience, was polygamy, the doctrine of plural wives. Blood vows: Joseph Smith, Mormonism and the invention of American polygamy 2014-04-20T17:00:00Z But, as the saying goes, the plural of anecdote is not data. Freud, Nietzsche, Paglia, Fanon: our expert guide to the books of "The White Lotus" 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z The plural in the cinema's name suggests its owner plans to expand this utility model across the country. Cine-files: Premiere Cinemas, Romford 2013-04-30T13:30:00Z The estimated 30,000 people living in Utah’s polygamous communities believe plural marriage brings exaltation in heaven — a legacy of the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Polygamists may not face jail time under new Utah bill 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Henricksons and their "plural marriage" started out as a private thing, something that mainstream Latter Day Saints and non-LDS citizens could choose to overlook or ignore. "Big Love's" powerful, infuriating ending 2011-03-21T14:22:00Z “Our stance is that we tell culture and history from Jewish perspectives,” Ms. Berg said, stressing the plural. New Director Sees Berlin’s Jewish Museum as a Place for Debate 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z No major publication has run a review that devotes any time to dissection of Dylan's use of plural pronouns when naming Kennedy's killers. "Murder Most Foul": Unpacking Bob Dylan's new epic, from Dallas 1963 to the pandemic of 2020 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z However, this interpretation of the title is contrary to its plural translation in several foreign languages—including those in Spanish, French and German. Star Wars Director Rian Johnson Just Revealed the Identity of the 'Last Jedi' 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The dogs — the proper plural is “mudik” — were featured on postage stamps in their homeland in 2004, as were some other Hungarian breeds. ‘Mudi’? Try a toy: American Kennel Club adds 2 dog breeds 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Louis MacNeice got it when he wrote: “World is crazier and more of it than we think / Incorrigibly plural.” The rainbow of religious belief: extremist thinking doesn’t work 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z As “Giants” is plural, it would not need the extra “S”; in this case, it could even do without the apostrophe. Mary Norris’s Thoughts on Pesky Possessives 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Suddenly the self is as plural as the many worms that will eventually consume it. Poems About Loss That Shatter Meaning and Borders 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The taxi drivers’ narratives offer a more plural and personal map of Taiwan, as does a nearby work by Mr. Jao: a flag whose coat of arms incorporates Chinese, Japanese and indigenous Taiwanese fabrics. Chinese Artists Redraw Boundaries in ‘Tales of Our Time’ 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z My whole mission is to educate people about the diversity of Latino cultures — plural. Rose Cano: Uniting communities through theater 2013-09-08T14:01:08Z One by one, the rich, plural art traditions of Africa have been wrecked. Will anyone save Timbuktu from Islamist tomb raiders? 2012-07-02T11:56:11Z In the case of Harper Lee, there aren’t books, plural, but a book, singular. ‘The Mockingbird Next Door’ by Marja Mills 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z "I think I would have remembered diamonds in the plural," Farrow said, calling it "sort of an unforgettable moment." Campbell's ex-agent: Model flirted with despot 2010-08-09T14:04:00Z It is a form that is plural, forgiving, profoundly curious about other minds, about what it is to be someone else. Ian McEwan on winning the Jerusalem prize 2011-02-24T11:30:36Z In an essay titled “Life Cycles,” she traces the path of a brainy upper-middle-class kid raised by “parents with big problems” but recites the entire life in a dreamlike first-person plural. ‘Hallelujah Anyway’: Anne Lamott’s conflicted message for a conflicted nation 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z When I realized they were willing to date me at the same time, with the possibility of a plural marriage, I was scared. My three wives 2013-04-14T01:00:00Z Is “hoes” the correct plural spelling of “ho?” Twitter vigilantes gone bad: Stop live-tweeting takedowns of harmless strangers in public 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Her art wears its plural feminism with ease. At Future Fair, Discovering Emerging and Undersung Players 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Because they are plural, the faces are less vivid to us. Sacred Carnality 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z So I began to meet with state agencies to help them understand what plural families really were like. My three wives 2013-04-14T01:00:00Z It’s worth remembering that, as the poet Charles Bernstein smartly observed, the poem has “a fundamentally plural existence.” Poetry in Performance in New York 2011-10-06T22:17:39Z Isaacs completely convinces us that he can come to accept his paranormal existences, plural, while still being both the smartest and sanest guy in the room. We dare you to snooze through 'Awake' 2012-03-01T00:04:04Z The clue starts with the name, particularly the last letter: The future is plural, and everyone’s included. Smithsonian’s ‘Futures’ exhibit encourages visitors to be innovators 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z "We must work to found a new Arab society which is secular, plural and democratic." Syrian authors condemn 'savage' Homs bombardment 2012-02-09T12:15:17Z Brigham Young, doggedly loyal to Joseph and his teachings, said that learning about plural marriage “was the first time in my life that I desired the grave.” Blood vows: Joseph Smith, Mormonism and the invention of American polygamy 2014-04-20T17:00:00Z Anne Wilde is the author of Voices in Harmony, a compilation of women’s experiences in plural marriage. Polygamy is about to be decriminalised in Utah. Is it good news for women? 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z As the narrative of the eating disorder began to favor this enlarging community over the individual, our understanding of the disorder shifted to the present tense, became plural and very, very defensive. Anorexia’s scary online empire 2012-07-28T12:00:00Z If you take away graffiti in its plural sense then none of the advertising hoardings would be here and the way we're given graphic information would fall flat on its face. Goldie: 'Melinda Messenger is like a small, really powerful monkey' 2013-03-08T15:16:16Z But it is more interested in these characters, so multidimensional that they require plural selves. Review: In ‘Plano,’ Two Multiplying Husbands Outnumber Three Sisters 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z State lawmakers have approved a bill that would reduce the penalties for plural marriage from a felony to an infraction. Polygamy is about to be decriminalised in Utah. Is it good news for women? 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z It helps to fill in a linguistic gender gap, just like how, in some dialects, “y'all” or “yinz” fill in the lack of a distinct, plural “you.” For linguists, it was the decade of the pronoun 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Similarly, there's the double sense of "care" - a verb with a loving undertone in "all what I care to see" and a plural noun that suggests pain and effort in "my cares avail me not". Poem of the week: Sonnet 30 by Robert Sidney 2013-05-20T09:01:27Z "The Browns wanted to show people that a plural family is not a monstrosity," said Jonathan Turley of The George Washington University. 'Sister Wives' lawsuit back in Utah courtroom 2013-01-18T01:28:07Z What might it be like for subjective experience to be plural — “we” and “not-we.” Exploring the origins of consciouness, cephalopod and human, with Peter Godfrey-Smith in 'Other Minds' 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The Henricksons' plural marriage is a "real" thing -- a genuine social contract, portrayed more or less realistically, with writing and performances that encourage us to see things from every major character's perspective. "Big Love's" riveting final stretch 2011-03-07T17:15:00Z I think people feel like we're brainwashing our kids and forcing them all to live plural marriage when they get older. Secrets of the polygamists 2010-10-16T21:01:00Z Unlike Graves’s plural flashbacks of “lost friends,” Herr sees a particular ghost marine “with the huge Adam’s apple and the wire-rimmed glasses.” Sacred Carnality 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Instead they distinguish between you singular and you plural. King James Bible: 'Twas a work most modern 2011-03-01T13:05:13Z Because of the LDS church's influence in the state, you don't go around telling your neighbors that you are a plural wife. Secrets of the polygamists 2010-10-16T21:01:00Z Turley said the lawsuit doesn't aim to challenge Utah's right to refuse to recognize plural marriage. 'Sister Wives' stars to challenge Utah bigamy law 2011-07-13T19:07:09Z He ridiculed the word “media,” for example, as “that dreadful Latin plural our detractors use when they really mean “scum.” Photographer of iconic burning monk photo dies 2012-08-28T14:24:00Z In the end, even an auteur has to use the first-person plural. ‘Project Greenlight’ Gives Rookie Director a Hollywood Education 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Ulrich notes that the practice of plural marriage did not descend fully formed from the heavens. How the Women of the Mormon Church Came to Embrace Polygamy 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Obsessed with sex and with a hunky older boy named Diego, the adolescent friend group in “Our Lady of the Quarry” speaks in first-person plural and stews in a jealousy that eventually turns murderous. In Three New Collections, Characters on the Edge 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The text of the petition says the implementation of these accords would ensure respect for citizens regardless of their ideas and help in the formation of a free and plural Cuba. Through posters, a dialogue about Cuba's future 2013-05-05T19:58:08Z Turley, a law professor at George Washington University in Washington D.C., said the lawsuit doesn't aim to challenge Utah's right to refuse to recognize plural marriage, nor are the Browns seeking multiple marriage licenses. 'Sister Wives' stars challenge Utah bigamy law 2011-07-14T11:51:12Z Scratch that – revolutions, plural; there wasn’t a cause on the postwar left for which he didn’t pitch in, add his skills and offer his two cents. Haskell Wexler, the genius cinematographer committed to the left 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z In spite of the first person plural that opens the first chapter, the book is not a memoir, much less documentary history. Between Friends by Amos Oz – review 2013-05-08T14:24:36Z And I'm not a President Obama apologist, but you understand the Public Enemy's first records said, "The governments responsible," governments plural. As hip-hop turns 50, Chuck D praises its power as "a worldwide cultural experience and religion" 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z But he gently unearths the arguments for plural marriage, arguments to which anyone who admired the HBO series “Big Love” might be at least minimally receptive. Books of The Times: ?The Mormon People,? Matthew Bowman?s Timely Church History ? Review 2012-01-24T18:40:40Z I can’t bring myself to write that, so I usually perform pretzel exercises to make the subject plural: “All people have their reasons.” Why Weird Al's 'Word Crimes' Is English for Dummies 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z That's the problem with following rules – such as the rule that possessives are distinguished from plurals by an apostrophe – sometimes they don't apply. Grammar rules everyone should follow 2013-05-09T13:56:00Z The English language doesn't have a good second person plural pronoun; "you" can be both singular and plural, but it's sometimes awkward to use as a plural. ‘Y'all,’ that most Southern of Southernisms, is going mainstream – and it’s about time 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z The author called it “paternalistic, offensive and profoundly provincial”, and questioned the need to change perfectly obvious second-person plurals for a peninsular Spanish audience. Alfonso Cuarón condemns Spanish subtitles on Roma 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z I was angry and vowed to do everything in my power to save other plural families from going through that pain. My three wives 2013-04-14T01:00:00Z In our scriptures it says that as long as that woman takes a step up, like if she's in monogamy and then joins a plural family, then that is correct. Secrets of the polygamists 2010-10-16T21:01:00Z That being said, I agree with Miss Manners, who admitted, “These are odd plurals.” The rules for addressing holiday cards to same-sex couples Wigs plural, presumably, as my hair would need to age with me, which meant decades of jiggery-wiggery-pokery costing more than the occasional haircut. I thought about a wig and tried a comb-over. But now I’m bald and proud 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The use of the plural fails to camouflage the musical’s political preferences. Review | Despite top-notch cast and crew, ‘Dave’ dissolves into camp by second act 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z After an entire book in the first person plural, he modulates for one incredible moment into the first person singular … you have to be there. The Nonsense of an Ending: In Defense of the Middles of Books 2012-01-04T15:58:18Z You may use a slightly different form of the word, such as a plural, adding “-ing,” etc. Style Invitational Week 1283: Put it in Bee-verse 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Writers and readers of worth know the real point of literature is, as Louis MacNeice so brilliantly put it, that the "World is crazier and more of it than we think,/ Incorrigibly plural". Paulo Coelho's attack on Ulysses insults readers 2012-08-08T11:26:38Z Somebody’s singing, “This is ouuurrrr country,” and it’s unclear—but, in another way, stupidly apparent—to whom the first person plural is supposed to refer, and what, exactly, they can be said to possess. Budweiser and the Selling of America 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z In deference to the work’s plural title, he throws in suggestions of other selves: biographical data borrowed from a baby his mother miscarried, imagined facts of a future self. Review: Ali Moini’s ‘Lives’ Tracks an Artist’s Personal History 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z “A House Full of Females” is sensitive to the difficulty and confusion that accompanied early plural marriage, with its implied loss of status for women. How the Women of the Mormon Church Came to Embrace Polygamy 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z It was an innovative usage of the first person plural, seeing as I was perfectly sure already. I got pregnant by mistake. Was I ready for single motherhood? 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z I remember the sound – the sounds, plural – bombarding me from the far side of some emotional, existential, hallucinogenic and sexual checkpoint along the road towards the rest of my life. The London years 2010-08-07T23:02:00Z “More than our brother is our chastity,” she says plurally, leaving Claudio to his fate. Review: In ‘Measure for Measure,’ Desperately Seeking Solutions in a Problem Play 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Even in solitude his thoughts suggest a sensual plural. Critics? Choice: New CDs by the New Pornographers and the Hold Steady 2010-05-02T20:55:00Z If certain of his phrases in the Rachmaninoff could have relaxed just a shade more, his encores — yes, plural — were pure eloquent serenity. Review: Yunchan Lim, Teenage Piano Star, Arrives in New York 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z The five young actors move between the first person plural and singular as they recall their evolving relationship with a friend whom they alternately profess to “adore” and furtively criticize. ‘Pool (no water)’ Reopens Off Broadway 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Nassar, I noticed, often used the first-person plural when discussing his farming, even though he has mostly lived alone; he preferred not to discuss his one long-term relationship, which he described as “turbulent.” Why Brazil’s Greatest Writer Stopped Writing 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z The story starts with the residents of Oak Knoll, “a desirable neighborhood in the middle of a desirable North Carolina city,” and the bold choice of first-person plural. When You Hate Your Neighbor, and Then Your Kids Start Dating 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z But it is the rare countertenor who commands a wide variety of tone colors or, for that matter, even gets very far into the plural. Music Review: Andreas Scholl and the English Concert - Review 2011-10-25T20:36:28Z Second, "you guys," another common alternative for the second-person plural pronoun, is losing support because of its sexist connotations. ‘Y'all,’ that most Southern of Southernisms, is going mainstream – and it’s about time 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Grammar traditionalists would argue that the plural "them" doesn't agree with "somebody," which is singular. Taylor Swift hits back at Princeton Review's 'bad grammar' claim 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Miles even took another wife seven years after the church officially “banned” the practice of plural marriage. But I’m a good Mormon wife 2012-06-01T23:00:00Z The group members always use plural pronouns when discussing the work they do together and are careful to specify when they are speaking for themselves and not on the collective’s behalf. For the Mad Ones, Bad Haircuts Make Good Theater 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Crisp, inventive and insightful, The Gurkha's Daughter paints an almost irreducibly plural picture, but exodus to the west is a shaping theme. The Gurkha's Daughter by Prajwal Parajuly – review 2013-01-25T22:55:01Z Paul Berman’s new book, “The Flight of the Intellectuals,” plural, might as easily have been titled “The Flight of the Intellectual,” singular. Books of The Times: Paul Berman?s ?Flight of the Intellectuals? 2010-05-02T21:52:00Z This is not about siblings, plural — this is what do you owe the brother, singular, who is suffering! Perspective | Carolyn Hax: You’re wealthy, your brother’s ill, and help is … not on the way 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z And what does Mbappé deliver, while blatherers scorn the new, plural Europe he incarnates, but renewed faith in the political power of beauty? The Best Art of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z To employ my own hoary cliché: Merriam Webster’s defines the word, primarily, as “something contained — usually used in plural.” “Breaking Bad” isn’t “content”! 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Photograph: Frances Roberts / Alamy Which young Brooklyn novelist made their name with a debut novel related in the first person plural? Brooklyn books quiz 2011-02-16T16:38:55Z Despite being absent an official band, he still speaks in the plural. Ariel Pink plugs into 'Pom Pom' buzz in his own singular style 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z He introduced thirty-three of his followers to plural marriage. Blood vows: Joseph Smith, Mormonism and the invention of American polygamy 2014-04-20T17:00:00Z "Ultimately 11 bodies were found, clearly the work of a serial killer or killers — plural. But no one knew." Deborah Norville on the Gilgo Beach murders and what happens next 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z I chose the travel-theme series and spent the next half-hour absorbing a slow build of information, from singular nouns to plural, with new verbs introduced. During self-quarantine, learn a foreign language without leaving the house 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Similarly, it eliminates the gender binary in its singular and plural form. Stop using "Latinx" if you really want to be inclusive 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Diaghilev, spinning as usual, completely misrepresented the way that the anonymous reviewer for that newspaper, writing in the regal plural, reported a bit of overheard partisan scuttlebutt, quite likely planted by Diaghilev himself. ‘Rite of Spring’ Cools Into a Rite of Passage 2012-09-16T03:27:28Z A common practice in Germany to signify gender neutrality involves inserting an asterisk in the middle of a word then using its feminine plural form. Amanda Gorman’s Poetry United Critics. It’s Dividing Translators. 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Ulrich tries to do justice to this wide variety of experience, framing plural marriage as a messy but sometimes empowering social practice. How the Women of the Mormon Church Came to Embrace Polygamy 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z “Like, ‘I just can’t get around the plural,’” he recalled saying. Is Bilal Baig Ready for Fame? Sort Of. 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Now she does all this while working two jobs — plural — and she trained herself for years so she could coach her kids. Aunjanue Ellis Leans Into a Supporting Role and Turns It Into a Talker 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Just learning the fortitude and patience the directors on these projects have to have — they go through years, plural, shepherding these projects – is inspiring to watch.” The Carpetbagger: Eliminate an Animation Category? Guillermo del Toro Might Object 2012-02-16T17:26:15Z Joseph had been confiding his thoughts about plural marriage to his most trusted confederates throughout the 1830s. Blood vows: Joseph Smith, Mormonism and the invention of American polygamy 2014-04-20T17:00:00Z What saved the show from position-paper dullness was its committment to portraying the Henricksons as people, and treating their plural marriage as a simple fact that is as impervious to public scorn as the weather. "Big Love's" riveting final stretch 2011-03-07T17:15:00Z Rather, I'd be seeking to lower the author in your esteem and – by implication – boast that I'm the sort of person who knows about Italian plurals and mass nouns. A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt – And Why They Shouldn't by William B Irvine – review 2013-07-10T08:00:00Z Ulrich focuses instead on the confusion and excitement that accompanied the “glorious” revelation sanctioning plural marriage within the Mormon community, especially among its most elite members. How the Women of the Mormon Church Came to Embrace Polygamy 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Unlike Wyoming, the first to approve woman suffrage, Utah was already majority-female at that point, and many of those Mormon women supported both suffrage and plural marriage. How the Women of the Mormon Church Came to Embrace Polygamy 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Psychologists talk about addictive behaviors in the plural, recognizing the many different impulses that tempt people. We are all addicts now 2013-05-11T23:00:00Z Other scholars are exploring the religious dimensions of plural marriage. Mormon Studies Attract More Scholars and Attention 2012-07-02T18:31:01Z Murphy's use of the first person plural is telling. LCD Soundsystem confirm their third album will be their last 2010-03-17T15:03:00Z His meaning, like his motivation, was plural, inscrutable, unstable. Picasso's politics 2010-05-07T23:09:00Z When she uses first person plural to add gravity to her words, it reads, instead, as a lack of commitment. Writers Recount Stories of Grief and Joy in Illustrated Panels 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z In its singular form, the French word “histoire” connotes formal history; when made plural, its meaning is more casual, more anecdotal: tales of the cinema, or the stories that make it up. DVD: New on DVD: Jean-Luc Godard?s ?Histoire(s) du Cin?ma? 2011-12-04T03:53:02Z King and Brown bring reason—or reasons, plural and plausible—to insanity. 'The Leftovers' Season Finale Denied Us Answers, and It Felt Great 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z “I’m looking for dancers, not dancer,” she said, emphasizing the plural. Lizzo’s ‘Big Grrrls’ Asks Big Questions 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z A plural widow of Joseph Smith, she married his successor, Brigham Young, and outlived him by a decade. Blood vows: Joseph Smith, Mormonism and the invention of American polygamy 2014-04-20T17:00:00Z She noted that the women she surveyed often used singular rather than plural pronouns. They Did Their Own ‘Research.’ Now What? 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Gauge its difference instead from the species — or species plural — from which maize originated as long ago as the oldest bristlecone pine. T Magazine: Children of the Corn 2011-09-22T01:30:18Z Cueto always makes a point of introducing himself as an exile in Washington, then adopts the first-person plural to insist on a bond with his audiences — “our culture,” “our country.” Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Together on their phones these women wrote Robbie’s speech, and when she delivered it at the event, she did so in the first-person plural of the chat group. Margot Robbie: ‘I asked my girlfriends what they'd been through. And they were angry’ 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z Young women with serial lovers, husbands in the plural, and female lovers, too. An Unnamed Girl, a Speculative History 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Linguist Dennis Baron at the University of Illinois points to the evolution of the word “you” as another example: “Purists object that a plural pronoun like ‘they’ can’t be used as a singular. Gender-neutral pronouns: When ‘they’ doesn’t identify as either male or female “There was something captivating about the first person plural,” he added. They Wrote Their Love Story While Scripting Others 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z By posing his central question in the plural — why did we go out? A Memoir About Queer Identity, Told One Gay Bar at a Time 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z The King Follett sermon shook the theological foundations of his own church, announcing the doctrine of plural gods, and of the humanity of the Christian God. Blood vows: Joseph Smith, Mormonism and the invention of American polygamy 2014-04-20T17:00:00Z But in order to become a state, the federal government required Utah to write into its constitution that “polygamous or plural marriages are forever prohibited”. Polygamy is about to be decriminalised in Utah. Is it good news for women? 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z And perhaps the greatest trick is that the song is in first-person plural, to let everyone know we’re all in it together. We’re all livin’ on a prayer: How a hair band anthem from the least cool ’80s rockers became a classic 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z I still wasn’t sure I wanted a plural marriage, though. My three wives 2013-04-14T01:00:00Z There is an editorial first-person plural, related to, but distinct from, the royal “we.” My Life as Bob Silvers’s Assistant 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Ignatieff explains that Myanmar is a plural society that never answered the primal question of who is “us,” and who “them.” Is Globalization Drawing Us Together or Tearing Us Apart? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z I thought I heard her emphasize the plural. I love my dog as much as my child 2012-11-10T17:00:00Z That plural narrator, knowing and wry, is just one of the novel’s rich pleasures. ‘No One Is Coming to Save Us’: ‘Gatsby’ gets a revolutionary reboot 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z If anything, the movie should get a special award: Best Pictures, plural. Here’s What We Would Nominate for Best Picture 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z She began posting videos with the animals — cows, donkeys, ducks and, yes, emus in the plural — in 2018. We asked Emmanuel the TikTok-interrupting emu about his sudden fame 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z The arts have survived the recession extraordinarily well so far, thanks to this plural funding system and their own resourcefulness. Arts and the new coalition government 2010-05-21T23:07:00Z Then more bodies were found, and ultimately 11 bodies were found, clearly the work of a serial killer, or killers — plural. Deborah Norville on the Gilgo Beach murders and what happens next 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Eagle-eyed readers will spot the plurals in the subtitle, "From the Frontlines of the Independent Cinema Revolutions" — indication that the book is not about a fixed form but rather a fluid environment. Ted Hope traces long career in indie film in 'Hope for Film' 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Because of an editing error, the article also misspelled the name of the Swedish currency; it is kronor, for the plural, not kroner. A Midsummer Day’s Dream in Sweden 2013-05-16T14:40:22Z She speaks in the first-person plural — “we” — for such sustained passages that sometimes the novel sounds like the communal voice of adolescence. Review | Lydia Millet’s ‘A Children’s Bible’ is a blistering classic 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z In our culturally embattled present, Magic has found millions of new fans, but the same unrealized hopes for a diverse, plural, welcoming community persist. The Twenty-Five-Year Journey of Magic: The Gathering 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z These experiences are singular "with echoes of the plural," as Kim described. Redefining identity, one Asian American dish at a time 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Then the plural pronoun "we" is resumed for a final trio of impassioned pledges. Poem of the week: Elegy by Sidney Keyes 2013-07-15T11:42:00Z He pared back passages about the young William, at the risk of betraying the plural "sons" of the title, but mostly with a gain in focus and narrative pace. Sons and Lovers: a century on 2013-05-25T07:00:22Z Their argument goes that “they” and “their” are always plural and must never refer to a single individual. Perspective | A grammar nerd gently dismantles those arguments for rejecting the new ‘they’ 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z But if a woman marries in polygamy, and then leaves the plural family and the lifestyle and marries somebody in monogamy, to us that's not correct procedure. Secrets of the polygamists 2010-10-16T21:01:00Z Ada, a Nigerian girl who moves to Virginia, sees herself as an ogbanje—an Igbo spirit that often takes plural guises—born into a human body. The Best Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z But it's such an enormous role, such a juicy character part – character parts, plural – that I can see it's a tricky proposition to figure out what to do next. The devil inside 2011-08-06T23:04:04Z "The Weird Sisters" is written in first-person plural, the sisters speaking as a single voice, and it is equal parts clever and heartfelt. 'The Weird Sisters': Eleanor Brown's novel of three sisters sharing a single voice 2011-02-16T23:38:40Z Fernie spoke of tackling questions within an England that had undergone much change, "not to say a bewilderingly plural, global culture". Poets enlist for quest to pull St George from jaws of far right 2011-01-24T00:05:10Z She pointed to Prince Charles’s much-mocked declaration a few years ago that as king he would like to be known as “defender of the faiths,” plural. Amid Diamond Jubilee Fever, Scholars Reflect on Monarchy 2012-05-28T16:54:59Z But I, like most professors, now sometimes employ the third-person plural, "they," to address a singular subject, in order to recognize and embrace people who are nonbinary. The all of “y’all”: On finally embracing my voice, country twang and everything 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z “Those of us who survived feared our death was close,” the plural narrator says. Review | In ‘How Beautiful We Were,’ an African village goes up against an American oil company 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Theoretically, this seems to indicate that plural marriage should be legal. 21 and bi: Should I marry? 2013-04-12T00:00:00Z The singular pronoun turns plural midway through the sentence “Everyone has their reasons.” Why Weird Al's 'Word Crimes' Is English for Dummies 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z But even there, a difference strikes you: “Ain’t nobody’s business what we do,” Ndegeocello exhales, swapping in the plural first person. Jason Moran, Meshell Ndegeocello find their own way to honor Fats Waller Enjoying having some burgers — note the plural nature. Kacey Musgraves on Celebrating Her Grammys With Mick Jagger and a Chicken Sandwich 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z “It may be argued,” Rushdie interjects, “that stories should not sprawl in this way . . . yet so many of today’s stories are and must be of this plural, sprawling kind.” Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ is a shambling ‘Don Quixote’ for our deceptive era - The Washington Post 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The plural inclusive “guys” is undeniably a feature of idiomatic American English. The New Pronoun in Town 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z As for inquiring about them, it is useful that in the English language, “you” is both singular and plural. Perspective | Miss Manners: Pregnancy updates from ‘we’ 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Maybe the name, which is plural, and means “little squash.” What to do with all that zucchini 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Apparently, what I really favor is plural marriage. On bisexuality: An apology 2013-04-19T00:00:00Z “We can smell it,” she said, in what Perry called a “kind of weird but loving way, and the plural ‘we’ hit me like a sledgehammer.” Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated ‘Friends’ star, dead at 54 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z He wrote: "'We can smell it,' she said, in a kind of weird but loving way, and the plural 'we' hit me like a sledgehammer." Matthew Perry obituary: Friends brought fame but couldn't quell personal demons 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z "I still think we need to leave the door very much open to further rate hikes, plural." Canadian inflation jumps; October rate hike bets rise 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z At Westman’s walk-up on Madison, you can watch your eggs — plural, two of them — get gently, fluffily scrambled while you stand on the sidewalk waiting for your “B.E.C. Classic,” made on your choice of bagel. 9 more of Seattle’s best breakfast sandwiches — from vegetarian to double-meat 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z "There were two guys who thought they were Jesus. So, you know, are we calling you Jesai? Do we use plurals? I can laugh about it now, but I didn't laugh at the time." Gail Porter on comedy: 'Has anyone here been sectioned?' 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z Former President Donald Trump is signaling he might not do any primary election debates — plural — after he skips the first debate on Wednesday in Milwaukee. Trump says he doesn’t plan to do primary debates, period 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z “It’s our body, it belongs to us!” one of them declares, and in that juxtaposition of plural and singular, she cuts to the bracing heart of this boundlessly empathetic documentary. Review: The superb documentary ‘Our Body’ puts women’s healthcare under a microscope 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z And the colony’s two leaders were polygamists whose “plural wives” accompanied them to California. Germans. Hoosiers. Canadians! How they shaped the Southern California we know today 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Bowman's use of the plural "rate increases" in her remarks on Saturday indicates she thinks the Fed will need to go higher than that. Fed's Bowman says more US rate hikes likely will be needed 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z They knew that “data” is plural, but they were in a hurry. The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z When a student trying to figure out how to pluralize singular nouns asked, “No plural?” she chirped: “No! How neat, right?” She’s a Smash Hit in Latin America, Even if Her Korean Mom Disapproves 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Lovato was one of the first major celebrities to publicly declare herself “nonbinary” and use the gender-neutral plural pronoun “they” rather than the singular, which requires a choice between “he” and “she.” Demi Lovato ditches ‘they/them’ pronouns: ‘It was absolutely exhausting’ 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z In his writings, the taciturn hermit referred to himself as FC — for “Freedom Club” — and grandiosely used the first-person plural to suggest it was a group of like-minded comrades. Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, who eluded authorities for 18 years, dies at 81 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Missing hyphens or incorrect capitalization, ambiguities about singular and plural nouns or transitive and intransitive verbs — no question is too insignificant. Exclusive secrets of the National Spelling Bee: Picking the words to identify a champion 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Missing hyphens or incorrect capitalization, ambiguities about singular and plural nouns or transitive and intransitive verbs - no question is too insignificant. Exclusive secrets of the National Spelling Bee: Picking the words to identify a champion 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z For McLaughlin-Levrone and Mu, the question is not whether they will make this summer’s world championships in Hungary, or next summer’s Paris Olympics, but which events — possibly plural — they will run. At 69, Bobby Kersee is track's 'mad scientist' and as influential as ever 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z In other places in the Bible, God is referred to as plural or occasionally as part of an assembly of gods. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Second, the use of the “x” for plural is a totally new construction in Spanish. Opinion | ‘Latinx’ might go away on its own 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z “This is actually an intensification of something that’s been happening. It is a way of ‘Hindu-izing’ South Asian history and ignoring all other kinds of diverse plural histories that have existed,” he said. New Indian textbooks purged of nation’s Muslim history 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z In addition, the government's decision to prosecute polygamists amid growing criticism of the church's "plural marriages" crippled the region's economy until Latter-day Saint leaders renounced the practice in 1890. Behind the Latter-day Saint church’s vast wealth are two centuries of financial hits and misses 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z That plural, expressive nature comes through both within the individual works and in their limited relationship to one another. Melbourne Art and Design, Past and Present 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The word is made up of the common stem “ntu” and the plural prefix “ba” which put together literally means “people.” World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In Italian, as in other Latin-based tongues, nouns can take a feminine or masculine form, but the plural masculine form tends to take precedence. Italy's language watchdog says 'no' to gender-neutral symbols 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z And he would speak about himself in the first person plural. A troubled man, a straight-A student and a fatal stabbing that shocked L.A. 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z “The nature of working with a symphony orchestra is things are going to be more plural, things are going to be more wide,” said Willis. Perspective | Strings attached: A new Eva Cassidy album features an orchestra 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Others take issue with the “x” itself: It is not a plural ending original to the language, and they argue that the letter’s inclusion whitewashes a Spanish word. Some Republicans want to ban ‘Latinx.’ These Latino Democrats agree 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z It should also be noted that in the US, India and other parts of the world the plural shrimp is used, rather than shrimps. Can technology clean up the shrimp farming business? 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The Accademia said the Italian masculine plural form remains "the best instrument" to collectively represent "all genders and orientations", but also backed the wider use of the feminine form of professional titles. Italy's language watchdog says 'no' to gender-neutral symbols 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z The New York Times uses a plural possessive, “Presidents’,” noting in a stylebook entry that “the name reflects the decision by some states to use the holiday to honor both Washington and Lincoln.” How One President’s Day Became Presidents’ Day 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Roth fled his home as accounts tweeted images to him, including one of a man feeding another into a woodchipper, with the words “how else are you gonna dispose of stupid” and a plural epithet. Attacks on U.S. Jews and gays accelerate as hate speech grows on Twitter 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z It could well be humps, plural, now for Buffalo. Rout by Bengals exposed a Bills team that may be regressing 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z The first-person plural is an odd fit; Liming has already separated herself from reality viewers. Review | Have we forgotten how to hang out with each other? 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Still, I think it’s fun to say, whether it’s possessive or plural: Bojangleses. Perspective | I am obsessed with exploring the possessive apostrophe in ‘Bojangles’ 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z “If the universe is silent, it would be important that the cultural background that we imprint in the sonification for astronomy is plural, so it has many voices.” Audio Astronomy Unlocks a Universe of Sound 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z “We need to have a plural and cohesive team and this needs to be combined with the planning minister.” Brazil’s da Silva announces incoming Cabinet ministers 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z With the first person plural I do mean all of us, from the U.S. to Brazil, Hungary, the Philippines and beyond. Germany just averted its own Jan. 6, and maybe the Fourth Reich 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z G winced, annoyed with herself for using the plural. Was She Ready to Be a Mother? A Judge Got to Decide. 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Anwar criticized his rival’s comments as desperate, retorting that Muhyiddin was trying to “use racial propaganda to divide the plural reality in Malaysia.” Anti-graft reformer Anwar Ibrahim appointed Malaysia’s prime minister 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Connections, plural, are important — of all kinds, to meet many kinds of needs. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Are all connections healthy, or can we skip dull relatives? 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z The solution she enacts explodes our preconceptions of voice and person, sliding between the singular and plural, using pronouns such as “we” and “she” while eschewing the memoir’s defining posture: “I.” In honoring Annie Ernaux, the literature Nobel Prize gets it exactly right 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The reason you may know nothing about the Mariners is because they have literally, actually, factually been the losing-est of losers for legit plural decades. The baseball-idiot’s guide to the Mariners playoff games this weekend 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Or, better, the farewells, plural: Federer’s to tennis, to the fans, to his competitors and colleagues. Roger Federer’s last match is doubles loss with Rafael Nadal 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z The constitution was meant to be a blueprint for a more plural and socially inclusive country. Chile: Vote on new constitution but divisions persist 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Both the novel’s threads also eschew common narrative voices, opting instead for second person in the narrator’s present-day sections and the plural first person in the Tamil manuscript. Review: Wrapped inside a dystopian novel, an epic of 'radical compassion' 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Now Stanford fields teams called the Cardinal, singular, not plural, for the school color. Los Angeles, land of the misnamed sports teams 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Putting the sculpture’s title, “Extinctions,” in the plural adds a queasy sliver of future continuity. Review: As drought deepens, nine L.A. artists think about water 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z However, depending on the context, using a plural pronoun to refer to a single individual can be confusing to readers when its antecedent is unclear. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z The plural of the word vertex is vertices. Elementary Algebra 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z They center their whiteness by appending "white" to many terms such as "power" and dehumanize racial and ethnic groups by using plural nouns such as Blacks, Jews, and gays. Researchers ask: Does enforcing civility stifle online debate? 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z I love the letter S — it’s my favorite besides Z. But if every other word is a plural, it can make for tedious solving. Your Spelling Bee Questions, Answered 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z People once reverted to the masculine plural to refer to a mixed-gender crowd. Your Wednesday Briefing 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Several indefinite pronouns take a singular or plural verb depending on whether the word they refer to is singular or plural. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z They have dispensed with terms like man, woman, mother and father in favor of amorphous pronouns and plural terms like “they” and “them” for individuals. Democrats taking crazy to a new level 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z He shows us a glimpse of a prosperous, plural and humane region - one that can laugh at itself without the inflamed nostrils of pious outrage. Why Shah Rukh Khan is still 'king of Bollywood' 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Spectra is the plural for spectrum which is a particular wavelength from the electromagnetic spectrum. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The dogs — the proper plural is “bracchi Italiani” — have a deep bark and readily deploy it on spotting backyard wildlife, so “they may not be the right dog for everybody,” she noted. Ciao! American Kennel Club adds a breed, the bracco Italiano 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z When the group acts individually, use a plural verb, or to avoid confusion, add the word members and use a plural verb. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z A 51-year-old veteran of three decades of fielding questions critiqued questions, especially when questioners asked plural questions. Phil Mickelson defends his choices as golf’s furor arrives at the U.S. Open 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z With the rise of the religious right, Khan has also become a shorthand for a progressive plural past that many Indians are trying to hold on to. Why Shah Rukh Khan is still 'king of Bollywood' 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z But in Illinois, Smith was arrested for inciting a riot after he endorsed the destruction of the printing presses belonging to a dissident newspaper that had criticized Smith for plural marriage and other controversial doctrines. How 'Under the Banner of Heaven' got Mormon history right. Down to the 'bullet holes' 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z However, the artist does mention his “kids,” plural, in the lyrics of his latest single, “The Heart Part 5.” Well, that's one way to deliver baby news: See Kendrick Lamar's new album cover 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z In the first sentence, the plural subject is Jasmine and I. I is the subject personal pronouns. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z In addition to chronicling episodes from this brave, venturesome life, Drury depicts modern-day nurses, mothers and other caregivers, sometimes imagining them as time-traveling avatars of Seacole herself — hence the plural of the title. Review | Mosaic Theater’s ‘Marys Seacole’ is an ode to mothers of all stripes 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Reality TV polygamist Kody Brown and his wives sued the state and won, effectively decriminalizing plural marriage as a religious belief. After Utah decriminalized polygamy, some see a culture shift 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z In the past, a house that big would have been called an estate, because it would have been set amid grounds, plural, gardens, plural, and double-digit acreage. L.A. loves to gawk at and fight about extravagant real estate 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Over time, he promulgated the doctrine of “plural marriage,” which encouraged male Mormons to take multiple wives. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z These plural pronouns are increasingly accepted and intentionally used by writers, teachers, and editors. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z There were the cheeses, plural, which he would grate directly over the tomatoes in some ideal ratio that only he knew. One Pizza at a Time, He Defined the New York Slice 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Mormon pioneers settled here after being driven out of other states in part because of their beliefs in plural marriage. After Utah decriminalized polygamy, some see a culture shift 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z A year after the war, it was the $35,000 home of Hollywood’s First Couple, growing from a half-dozen rooms to more than three dozen, and plural stables, servants’ rooms, tennis courts, garages. L.A. loves to gawk at and fight about extravagant real estate 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The new generation “plurals,” also known as Gen Z, is more diverse than its predecessors in terms of race and gender identity. Disney is not alone. Young employees in revolt, holding bosses' feet to the fire 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Many prominent publications and style guides indicate that the plural pronoun should replace binary or singular ones in most cases. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Bulawayo shifts among omniscient narration, first-person plural, oral history and even chapters written as Twitter threads. Review | In ‘Glory,’ talking animals bear a striking resemblance to real-life tyrants 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Cherish Families runs a food pantry, offers parenting and healthy relationship classes, mental health support and other services for people in plural families. After Utah decriminalized polygamy, some see a culture shift 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z But it allows many plurals, past tenses and contractions. Style Invitational Week 1478: It’s a small, small word 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z But what are the experiences of Welsh people who have plural ethnic and cultural identities? Identity: What does it mean to be Welsh? 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z When the group members act individually, use a plural pronoun. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z This plural executive would be chosen by Congress and could be removed by it at the request of a majority of the States’ governors. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Darger said part of that is because of the change in Utah’s anti-polygamy laws which has led to many in plural families to open up about their lives. After Utah decriminalized polygamy, some see a culture shift 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z The book begins with a quirkily exultant 30-page ode, relayed in the first person plural and filled with the author’s signature lists. Review: A survivor of internment sinks into forgetting in Julie Otsuka's 'The Swimmers' 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z "I think Wales is just a fundamentally plural place, a place built on pluralities in its history and its culture and its language," she said. Identity: What does it mean to be Welsh? 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z If using the plural sounds awkward, add the word members so that the plural is clear. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z “Nobody’s assuming God’s going to say, ‘Well, I’m sorry, you got the first person plural rather than the first person singular,’” Hillis said. EXPLAINER: Why are thousands of baptisms deemed invalid? 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Williams is a member of the Centennial Park Action Committee, a group of plural wives who pushed for decriminalization and challenged prosecutors who sought to stigmatize polygamists. After Utah decriminalized polygamy, some see a culture shift 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z In “The Swimmers,” Otsuka uses the first-person plural — the resounding style of grand oratory, political pamphlets and fundraising appeals — to enumerate the dizzying specificities of human lives. Review: A survivor of internment sinks into forgetting in Julie Otsuka's 'The Swimmers' 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z She said she had always had a "plural perception of identity". Identity: What does it mean to be Welsh? 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z However, some English dialects omit the -s ending for singular verbs or use a singular verb with a plural subject: The man ask for help. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z The great promise of our legal system as understood by many modern theorists — that law can create a framework to reconcile plural interests in a diverse society — has manifestly failed. Opinion | Supreme Court Justices Have Forgotten What the Law Is For 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z And I think in that context these parties — plural — of Johnson’s are very, very damaging. Boris Johnson’s mounting trouble is treasure for satirists 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z The Associated Press gave its blessing in 2017 to the plural pronoun “they” for singular usage. He said, she said: Pronoun throwdown erupts as critics push back on transgender language 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Displayed perpendicular to a red rocket from the Air and Space Museum and adjacent to Arnaldo Pomodoro’s “Sphere No. 6,” from the Hirshhorn, the object’s placement underscores the show’s emphasis on the plural in “futures.” The Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building is finally reopening. Here’s what to know before you visit. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Two or more subjects joined by and take a plural verb in most sentences: Basketball and wrestling are my favorite sports. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z It recognizes the importance of “free, independent, plural and diverse media and access to information, online as well as offline, in building inclusive and peaceful knowledge societies and democracies.” UN draft condemns attacks on journalists, urges punishment 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z The plural wife took to Instagram on Tuesday where she announced that the longtime couple had "grown apart." ‘Sister Wives’ stars Christine Brown, Kody Brown call it quits after 25 years: We’ve ‘grown apart’ 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z The word applied both to females in the singular and to any group in the plural when a direct object was needed in a sentence. Opinion | Making sense of age-old pronouns 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Critics often start from the premise that “they” cannot be singular because a pronoun cannot be singular and plural at the same time. Opinion | ‘They’ has been a singular pronoun for centuries. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s wrong. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z These indefinite pronouns take a plural verb: both, few, many, others, and several. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Per Deadline, Merriam-Webster’s etymological history delineation of the word sees it appear frequently in the religious scribe as a plural form of "you." Kanye West's name change to 'Ye' official after judge signs off on petition: report 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z “It’s a column of memory — and memory being plural,” Edwards said in an interview. Destination Crenshaw projects get city approval. What big names in Black art are making for L.A. 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Wife Meri previously confessed that her plural marriage to Brown is "dead." ‘Sister Wives’ star Janelle Brown says she’s ‘at her wit’s end’ with plural marriage in Season 16 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z A pronoun most certainly can be singular and plural at the same time, as demonstrated by English’s very own pronoun “you.” Opinion | ‘They’ has been a singular pronoun for centuries. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s wrong. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z A few indefinite pronouns take a singular or plural verb depending on whether the word they refer to is singular or plural. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Mahomes initiated a paradigm shift in Kansas City, where success is measured in championships, plural. In Rolling Over Chiefs, Bills Encounter Little Resistance 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z But the judge, Judith Gibson, wrote in her statement: “The difficulty for the plaintiff is the use of the word ‘employees’ in the plural. Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z I love the Swedish introduction of the gender-neutral “hen” and would embrace a new English language gender-neutral pronoun, in both its singular and plural forms. Opinion | Gender-Neutral Pronouns: The Singular ‘They’ and Alternatives 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z And, when we look at the record, we discover the pronoun “they” has been used as a singular generic pronoun, alongside its plural uses, for hundreds of years. Opinion | ‘They’ has been a singular pronoun for centuries. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s wrong. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Collective nouns, such as audience, band, class, crowd, family, group, or team, can take a singular or a plural verb depending on the context. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z But when teaching an Italian Portuguese, is it better to teach adjectives before plurals? Duolingo boss plans to take on TikTok with maths 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z So I consider definitely myself as a genre filmmaker, but I would like to say genre, plural. 'Titane' director Julia Ducournau explains how she crafted the year's wildest film 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The replacement of Miss and Mrs. by Ms., which Mr. McWhorter notes, was elegant and efficient; using “they” and “them” as both singular and plural is simply obfuscatory. Opinion | Gender-Neutral Pronouns: The Singular ‘They’ and Alternatives 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Whose bright idea was it to modify our rules of grammar and insist that the plural pronoun “they” should now be used to describe one or more people of either gender? Opinion | A new word would be better than misusing a perfectly good one 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z When group members act individually, use a plural verb. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z “Mad Men’s” James Wolk is just an “Ordinary Joe” living his best lives, plural, in this new drama that charts a recent college grad’s possible futures. What’s on TV This Week: Muhammad Ali, Kenny Rogers, Ariana Grande, the Emmys and more 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z At the time, the term “United States” was a plural noun, and the recently ratified Constitution was, as one pundit put it, “a roof without walls.” Review | Washington slept there: Retracing his travels to unite the new nation 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z He said the vaccines, plural, are effective at staving off disease and highlighted the FDA approval, without specifying which company secured it. Biden careful not to play favorites but Pfizer enjoys some ‘comparative advantage’ in mandate era 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Traditionally, liberty was used in the plural to refer to particular rights granted to particular individuals. Opinion | We have a right to pursue happiness, not a right to happiness 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z For a long time, many considered it grammatically incorrect to use the plural pronoun they with a singular verb. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z “Both countries, being the complex plural societies they are, have work to do in this field,” she said. Waiting for Garcetti: India evaluates its ties with a post-Trump U.S. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z That is a challenge in Spanish, which treats every noun as either masculine or feminine, and traditionally uses the male forms of plural nouns and adjectives to apply to mixed groups. Argentina Formally Recognizes Nonbinary People, a Latin American First 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z One day she exploded about the term ragazzi, the plural of boys, which also refers to the mixed company of men and women. Perspective | ‘Guys’ isn’t a gendered word anymore. It’s fine to use with everyone. 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z “Is the definite article of The Holland because they’re plural?” asks Bob O’Hara. Ukraine v Austria: Euro 2020 – live! 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Identify the literary point of view, if relevant: first person—I or plural we—or third-person—he, she, or they. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z “With small steps like this we will lay the foundation for a more plural media landscape,” she said of the ministry’s funding decisions. Wielding Twitter, Europe’s ‘Marshal Twito’ Takes Aim at the Media 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z A central dispute is whether “dangerous to others” must be read as plural, or if the fatal act can be directed at a single, specific person. EXPLAINER: Noor ruling could have impacts for other ex-cops 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z But by the middle of the 20th century, women began using it too, as a generic, plural form of “you.” Perspective | ‘Guys’ isn’t a gendered word anymore. It’s fine to use with everyone. 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Combined with mispronunciation and the use of plurals, there was a big margin of error, he said. Rescuers question what3words' use in emergencies 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z The following indefinite pronouns take a plural verb: both, few many, others, and several. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z It’s the subtle switch from singular to plural, from that “me” to “our.” Review: How does it feel to see your city destroyed? A new Syrian novel on Aleppo 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Ideological apparatuses seem to be plural and fluid, located at the interface between civil society and state, more often than not existing outside government control. How oil capitalists conspired to spread climate change denialism — in 1988 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z If you’re holding out for a hero — or heroes, plural — “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” is back for Season 6. What’s on TV This Week: 'Vax Live' with J.Lo, MTV's 'Pink Skies Ahead' and more 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Nor did they need to be admonished that the apostrophe should not be used to make a singular noun plural. John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z When a word like economics, politics, or statistics refers to a specific situation, use a plural verb: The economics of the situation are hard to comprehend. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z “But the plural — thongs — means flip-flops,” I explained. Perspective | Searching for just the right word in the overstuffed, disorganized attic of the brain 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z Christine Brown is reflecting on what the future holds for her as a plural wife. ‘Sister Wives’ star Christine Brown says she ‘can’t do marriage with Kody anymore’: ‘I need a partnership’ 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z On Sunday night’s episode of "Sister Wives," the 52-year-old spoke to one of his plural wives about the idea of having more children. ‘Sister Wives’ star Robyn Brown tells husband Kody she’s sometimes ‘baby hungry’: ‘We need to decide this now’ 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z In one of your poems, you write, “Sadness is plural, but grief is singular.” How grief became path-breaking poetry in Victoria Chang's 'Obit' 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Brooks expresses this theme through the poem’s point of view, the plural “We” repeated at the end of each line. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z She claims to be the widow—let's make that plural—of two naval officers who were killed in action. Welfare fraud is actually rare, no matter what the myths and stereotypes say 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z Just hours before the first pitch on Monday, Cohen made clear that his expectations were high: As in, championships, plural. Steven Cohen Sets High Expectations for the Mets. Very High. 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z To confuse matters further, the word could be singular or plural. An Elusive Artist’s Trove of Never-Before-Seen Images 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Meri Brown is not going to give up on her plural marriage. ‘Sister Wives’ star Meri Brown she hasn’t given up on her plural marriage: ‘I’m just going to keep at it’ 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z People often make mistakes when a sentence has a plural object. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Sunday’s episode of "Sister Wives" chronicled how the coronavirus pandemic impacted the United States, including Flagstaff, Arizona, where the plural family resides. ‘Sister Wives’ star Kody Brown says his four wives passed him around ‘like a rag doll’ during the pandemic 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z A Minnesota judge ruled last October that third-degree murder under Minnesota law requires proof that someone’s conduct was “eminently dangerous to others,” plural, not just to Floyd. EXPLAINER: Why battle over a murder charge in Floyd’s death 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z “I made the ‘sisters’ plural because they are indeed – unhappily – very plural. 'It’s devastating': Margaret Atwood on a musical project honouring women killed by partners 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z A handful of splinter groups still practice plural marriage, with the most well-known being a community on the Utah-Arizona border known as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or FLDS. Utah polygamist who was imprisoned for child rape dies at 72 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z The second-person singular and plural — you — is uncontroversial in the English language. Opinion | How to ask patients for their pronouns 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z "There’s this sort of thing that happens in our relationships, that I guess is only fair in plural marriage – the mom, the household belongs to her," he explained. ‘Sister Wives’ star Kody Brown says his four wives passed him around ‘like a rag doll’ during the pandemic 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z According to People, Brown reflected on his plural marriage during last night’s episode. ‘Sister Wives’ star Christine says she still gets ‘super jealous’ of husband Kody Brown’s 3 other spouses 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z "The United States" did not become established in American speech as a singular rather than a plural noun until after the Civil War. What those mourning the fragility of American democracy get wrong 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Spectra, the plural of spectrum, refer to the pattern of light emitted by a given chemical or element. Sulfur dioxide on Venus may have confused scientists into thinking the planet had life 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Beauty is plural, diverse, embedded in the particulars of its medium. How the Brain Responds to Beauty 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Lauer said writing the prompts was more difficult than writing the responses because the prompts have to make sense when a verb, noun or a plural noun is dropped into the blank. How a bawdy online game is helping friends stay connected during the pandemic 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z "And there’s a lot of plural families that are just like this." ‘Sister Wives’ star Christine says she still gets ‘super jealous’ of husband Kody Brown’s 3 other spouses 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z These stories might help build empathy at a time of deep division, but as the cliche goes in medicine and public policy, the plural of anecdotes is not data. Opinion | U.S. schooling during covid-19 doesn’t deserve a passing grade. Here’s the way forward. 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z At an early event celebrating their arrival, James said the team intended to win championships, plural: “Not two. Not three. Not four. Not five. Not six. Not seven.” As the Miami Heat Evolved, So Did Udonis Haslem 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z Suburbs are as varied and plural as the United States. Perspective | Five myths about the suburbs 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z In Italian, fratelli means brothers but it is also used to mean brothers and sisters, as is the masculine plural in other romance languages. Pope signs new encyclical, but is title inclusive enough? 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z But it is time that the country adopted birthright citizenship, she wrote, to “project itself into the future” and “finally accept being a plural country.” Soccer Player’s Bid for Italian Citizenship Prompts Claim of Rigged Test 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Reese, an American Jesuit, dismissed the argument that “fratelli” in Italian was inclusive, even though many Romance languages use the male plural in such comprehensive ways. What’s in a name? At the Vatican, a debate on inclusiveness 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z This series, similarly inspired by McCraney’s childhood, won a Peabody Award last year for “its visually stunning interiority, its heart-wrenching, immersive world, and its contemplation of identity as fluid, plural, restrictive, and powerful.” Analysis | 10 underrated shows you may have missed in the too-much-TV era 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z “And I say that with a plural on the end.” Elbow room: Roethlisberger confident in return from surgery 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Trust not any single expert, but experts in the plural. Which Experts Should You Listen to during the Pandemic? 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z The lesson, Mizrahi said, is that “Second Temple Jewish society was much more plural and multifaceted than many of us tend to think”. Hides that reveal: DNA helps scholars divine Dead Sea Scrolls 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The plural of “anecdote” is not “massive fraud.” Editorial Roundup: 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Inside the Beltway humbly consults the Merriam Webster dictionary to reveal that “purlieus” — the plural form of the noun “purlieu” — means “hangout” or “stomping ground.” ‘Glorious’: Kayleigh McEnany receives praise as White House press secretary 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Campbell — who uses the gender-neutral title “Mx.” and plural pronouns — is making more than the $16.05 hourly wage at the bookstore. When Shoppers Venture Out, What Will Be Left? 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z "Sometimes groups or industries would purposely use the possessive plural spelling 'Mothers' Day' in order to get around Anna's copyright claims," says Antolini. The woman who created Mother's Day - and regretted it 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z “Prior to the war Americans talked and wrote about the United States using the plural — these United States ‘are.’ Soccer’s Coming Storm 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Among them are Jonathan Alkaitis, an unscrupulous financier; his staff, who speak in one collective plural “we”; and Leon Prevant, a laid-off shipping executive. Emily St. John Mandel's prophetic imagination 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Thanks, too, to Paul Knights, who wrote in to ask why Americans refer to sports teams in the singular and British people do so in the plural. Soccer Is a Habit. But Habits Can Be Broken. 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z A proposed state law would effectively decriminalise polygamy for consenting adults in Utah, which due to its Mormon history has more people in plural marriages than anywhere else in the US. US briefing: California coronavirus death, Super Tuesday fallout and abortion case 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The belief that plural marriage brings exaltation in heaven is a legacy of the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Utah advances plan to remove felony status for polygamy 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z The measure reduces the criminal penalty for plural marriage from a felony to an infraction on par with a traffic ticket. Decriminalization of polygamy in Utah clears key hurdle in state legislature 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z From there, a pebble cloud will collapse, popping out planetesimals—plural, because the conservation of angular momentum spins out two or more dense, kilometer-scale bodies from the infalling material. New Horizons May Have Solved Planet Formation Cold Case 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z While plural marriage is illegal under Utah's constitution, officials in the state have largely chosen not to prosecute those involved. Utah Senate supports bill decriminalising polygamy 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z The church disavowed polygamy in 1890 as a condition of Utah statehood, and today members of the faith found to be practicing plural marriage are excommunicated. Utah senate unanimously moves to decriminalize polygamy 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z However, the faith’s revered founder, Joseph Smith, and his successor Brigham Young had plural marriages, and many Mormon families had polygamous ancestors. Utah trial featuring a prominent member of polygamist sect and an L.A. businessman has wide implications 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z The estimated 30,000 people living in Utah’s polygamous communities believe plural marriage brings exaltation in heaven - a legacy of the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Polygamists may not face jail time under new Utah bill 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The LeBaron community traces its origins to a polygamist group that left the U.S. for Mexico several generations ago, after the Mormon Church banned plural marriage. Mexican march for peace swarmed by angry protesters 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Baric said investigations will be underway to identify which species—singular or plural—was infected in the market. WHO Says Mysterious Illness in China Likely Being Caused By New Virus 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Do not use as a singular or plural noun. Capital-B ‘Black’ becomes standard usage at The Seattle Times 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z I think that vision of India, as a secular, inclusive, plural, multicultural democracy, is certainly under threat more than at any previous time. India’s Citizenship Emergency 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The male is the default in plurals, even if it’s just one male in an otherwise female group. A guide to how gender-neutral language is developing around the world 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Merriam-Webster announced the pronoun “they” as its word of the year on Tuesday, marking the rise of the use of the venerable plural pronoun to refer to a single person whose gender identity is nonbinary. ‘They’ Is the Word of the Year, Merriam-Webster Says, Noting Its Singular Rise 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z “Purists object that a plural pronoun like ‘they’ can’t be used as a singular. "They" is Merriam-Webster's Word of 2019 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Do not use as a singular or plural noun. Capital-B ‘Black’ becomes standard usage at The Seattle Times 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Look, the English language somehow uses the same letter – s – for both its possessive and plural inflections. The pedants’ pedant: why the Apostrophe Protection Society has closed in disgust 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z The ubiquitous “you” that English speakers now use as the second-person singular pronoun was back then the plural, while “thee” and “thou” were the second-person singulars. Opinion | What Quakers Can Teach Us About the Politics of Pronouns 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z As some in the audience laughed, he smiled and said with emphasis, “Inaugurations plural.” Who is Stephen R. Castor, the GOP staff attorney in the impeachment hearings? 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Zaid used “whistleblowers” in the plural and “they” to indicate there is more than one anonymous whistleblower and to avoid specifying gender to protect their identities. Perspective | Despite Trump’s taunting and harassment, whistleblowers remain undaunted 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The Mexican community is one of a handful of Mormon splinter groups who still practice plural marriage. Mexico killing highlights confusion over Mormon groups 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Although sometimes a word is both plural and possessive, or it already ends in an s. The pedants’ pedant: why the Apostrophe Protection Society has closed in disgust 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z This meant that everyone would soon become, effectively, entitled — at least to the honorific second-person plural. Opinion | What Quakers Can Teach Us About the Politics of Pronouns 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z Only a few still practice plural marriage, but they continue to live as an observant religious community deep in some of Mexico’s most turbulent borderlands. ‘Innocence Is Shattered:’ A Storied Mormon Family Reels After Mexico Murders 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Let’s figure out the best solutions - plural - to fix up our common home. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Also muddling the issue is Smith’s revelation that God told him to practice plural marriage remains canonized in church scripture, the scholars noted. Mexico killing highlights confusion over Mormon groups 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z “Macri relied too much on slogans, underestimating what claims for an independent judiciary, a plural press and the respect of human rights really represent for many Argentines.” Argentine voters reject austerity, return Kirchner and the Peronistas to power in presidential election 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z They argue that applying a plural pronoun to a singular subject is simply bad English. Opinion | What Quakers Can Teach Us About the Politics of Pronouns 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z Some families today are monogamous, and others practice plural marriage. ‘Innocence Is Shattered:’ A Storied Mormon Family Reels After Mexico Murders 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z On the rare occasions when she granted interviews, she sometimes referred to herself in the first-person plural. Jessye Norman, acclaimed operatic soprano, dies at 74 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z In her speech Thunberg sets up an opposition between the plural we – those who want action on climate change – and a strangely singular use of the word you – those who don’t. Greta Thunberg's 495-word UN speech points us to a future of hope – or despair 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z He said the evolution of “they” is something like what happened to “you” centuries ago, when it drifted from plural to singular, nudging “thee” and “thou” into Elizabethan obscurity. When Dictionaries Wade Into the Gender (Non)Binary 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Long before he founded Pennsylvania, the Quaker William Penn would argue that when applied to individuals, the plural “you” was a form of idolatry. Opinion | What Quakers Can Teach Us About the Politics of Pronouns 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z Now, in English, the word "they" is used as a gender-neutral singular pronoun - even though some critics argue that "they" should really only be used to refer to plural nouns. A brief history of gender neutral pronouns 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Her winning word was staphylococci, the plural of staphylococcus, a kind of bacteria. Spelling Their Way to Success 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The temptation is to speak of the system itself in the plural, and to a lot of people that is exactly what it is—a system of many unequal parts. Back to School Reform 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z "My memories as a person with MPD are as pristine today as they were the day they were formed," she told the BBC, before switching briefly to the plural. The woman who became 2,500 people to survive 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The models were then tweaked based on user feedback, such as early indications that some verb tense and singular or plural suggestions were incorrect. People do grammar bad. Google’s AI is hear too help. 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Ultimately, Donald Trump's use of the first-person plural, as in "our movement," "our flag" and "our freedom," is an explicit appeal to ethnic and racial bigotry. When Trump talks about "our movement," be afraid — it will outlast his presidency 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Boas eventually concluded that there is not one human culture but many, and he started referring to “cultures,” in the plural. How Cultural Anthropologists Redefined Humanity 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z But an argument has ensued over whether we had one single founder, namely Nkrumah, or founders in the plural - being the group of people who started and led the fight for independence. How an apostrophe meant an extra holiday in Ghana 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z They’re worried the historically massive field isn’t shrinking fast enough and the debate stages — plural — are too crowded. Too many candidates: Some Iowans tired of massive 2020 field 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z |
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