| 单词 | plural form |
| 例句 | 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 For how to make plural forms of single letters, like y, see pages 27-28. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Also, these self-identified experts also don't know what the plural form of "bacterium" is. Tech bros are spending $12 a gallon to drink third-world water - Golf Digest 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z The verbs switched from singular to plural forms. Alabama editorial roundup 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Either singular or in its plural form, the word is included in 7m American searches every year. Everybody lies: how Google search reveals our darkest secrets 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Each spring, he teaches the making of pysanky — the plural form — at workshops at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family in the District. A colorful — and delicate — Ukrainian tradition 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z “Stamina” is etymologically the plural form of “stamen,” the pollen-producing part of a flower, and its male analogue, equivalent to “balls.” Here’s How We Need to Watch the Next 2 Debates 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Dawaesh, a plural form of the word that sounds even sillier in Arabic, is widely used in the Middle East. AP EXPLAINS: What's in a name? The thorny question of what to call the Islamic State group 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Following dreams does not manifest in the plural form. The Problem With 'Following Your Dreams' 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z It’s certainly entered the ever-adaptive Arabic language big time: in the plural form – “daw’aish” – it means bigots who impose their views on others. The Islamic State: is it Isis, Isil – or possibly Daesh? 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Since “the church” does not exist in the plural form — we are one body — we need to look at denominations and personalities through a new lens. Haegelin: We are one despite our differences 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z As my students will attest, I’m also a stickler for the arcane plural forms of Latin terms. Dots, Spots, and Pixels: What s In A Name? 2012-05-15T14:45:17.720Z In the case of masculine weak forms, the plural nominative has dropped the old termination, except in E.H., where it has adopted the oblique plural form for this case also, thus gharan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted. µ The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Another name was Baal or Bel,—the lord, which also had a plural form, Baalim. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z “The term ‘abambo’ is in the plural form, and may therefore be regarded as forming a class of spirits instead of a single individual. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z In the French language, the suffix “eaux” — pronounced “O” — denotes the plural form of a word ending in “eau,” like chateaux. The Quad: Postcard From L.S.U.: Geaux? Just Go With It 2011-11-01T00:14:11Z The plural form “ryper” is used throughout for both singular and plural. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z Vi, like "you" in English, represents both the singular and plural, but when it refers to more than one person, words depending on it take the plural form. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z He noted that Steinbrenner used the plural form of mansion and did not once explicitly mention him. Jeter Handles Steinbrenner Questions With Aplomb 2011-02-23T01:00:41Z Several old genitives and plural forms continued to exist, and the dative or prepositional case has usually a final e. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Nor does this conclusion appear to be invalidated by the occurrence of the designation in a plural form, rendered Baalim. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z Only in his thought the pronoun insisted, somehow, on the plural form. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath Monosyllables like “yes,” “this,” “it’s,” and scores of others in constant use, no less than the almost invariable plural form of nouns, lead to the illusion, which Irene was aware of, and guarded against. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 The plural form may in like manner be simply equivalent to our terms Godhead or Divinity, implying all that is essentially God without specification or distinction of personalities. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science Elohim, the plural form of Eloha, denoted originally the godhead as divided into a number of gods or godly beings, that is, polytheism. Jewish Theology In other words, singular nouns used with plural pronouns, or construed with several other nouns, take a plural form. The Arawack Language of Guiana in its Linguistic and Ethnological Relations The word is the plural form of Ban, "a proclamation". The Church: Her Books and Her Sacraments Here is Cowes, divided by the river into the West Cow and the East Cow, the plural form of the name being modern. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Its plural form has also greatly tried the ingenuity of the commentators. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science When the term substance is used in the currency of the term matter it admits of the plural form as well as the singular. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 7, July, 1880 What are the plural forms of criterion, axis, genius, index, dogma? A Handbook of the English Language Shakespeare uses both the singular and the plural form of this word to describe a single weapon, the plural more often. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar In the writings of the apostles the plural form of the word church is frequently used, but this argues nothing against the unity of God's church, nor in favor of the multiplicity of sects. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Such errors caused by confusion between singular and plural forms, or word order, have been corrected without note. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Bridge, Bridges; Brook, Brooks; Platt, Plaits, in others we find a regular preference either for the singular or plural form. The Romance of Names News, means, pains.—These, the reverse of alms and riches, are true plural forms. A Handbook of the English Language Horn: a pointed chitinous process of the head: in the plural form applied to the antennae; q.v. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology If all the saved people in the world could be congregated in one place there would be no occasion for using the plural form of this word. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity In forming the plurals of proper names where a title is used, either the title or the name may be put in the plural form. Practical Grammar and Composition If our address is uncomplimentary, the sting is lessened by the plural form; and if the reverse, the shock to modesty is not so great. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. Other has the additional peculiarity of possessing the plural form others. A Handbook of the English Language Foot: the tarsus, q.v.; improperly used to = leg; but in the plural form refers to legs rather than tarsi: see feet. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology It is one of his plural forms for "you," and he is adopting an Early English ending. Sergeant York And His People Some nouns used in two senses have two plural forms. Practical Grammar and Composition He will also find personal pronouns in the second and third person, perhaps with singular, dual, and plural forms. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 Drank, drunk, drunken.—With all words wherein the vowel of the plural differs from that of the singular, the participle takes the plural form. A Handbook of the English Language Yes, it is the plural form of the word. The Insect Folk Some retain the old plural form; as, ox, oxen; child, children; chick, chicken; kit, kitten. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. Page 40 The adjective pronouns this and that have plural forms, these and those. Practical Grammar and Composition Singular, dual, and plural forms will be found. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 In the Anglo-Saxon there were plural forms for the adjectives. A Handbook of the English Language Includes plural forms and possessive cases of nouns and pronouns and the partial conjugation of the verb "to eat". Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578)) To some readers the plural form, "Electricities," which frequently appears in the following pages, might seem a strange innovation. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah Some nouns in a plural form express quantity rather than number. Practical Grammar and Composition It is, however, really derived from the foregoing word, PASISI, with the terminal UKS, which is a plural form applied to living beings. Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon In the first case it had a singular form, as physic, logic; in the second place a plural form, as mathematics, metaphysics, optics. A Handbook of the English Language Includes plural forms, possessive cases and diminutives of nouns, comparison of adjectives, cases of pronouns, and partial conjugation of the verbs "to eat" and "to drink". Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578)) The word Behemoth is a plural form in Hebrew meaning Excellence. The Cathedral There it is found in the singular and plural form. Notes on the Apocalypse It ought to be recollected, however, that when used as the representative of a singular noun, this word retains its original plural form; and, therefore, the verb connected with it, should always be plural. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Nevertheless, it is not the Icelandic that explains the plural form in question. A Handbook of the English Language Includes plural forms, possessive cases and gender of nouns, comparison of adjectives, possessive case of pronouns, and partial conjugation of the verbs "to eat" and "to drink". Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578)) The singular form is also used with book titles, other names, and other singulars of plural form; as,— Politics is the only field now open for me.—Whittier. An English Grammar Some commentators think the plural forms represent the plural of majesty. Exposition of the Apostles Creed Indeed, had the former been a river fish, Hulvet and Palsgrave would have countenanced the supposition; but then we must have had it in the plural form, sprottas. Notes and Queries, Number 18, March 2, 1850 If this were a plural form, it would be a very anomalous one. A Handbook of the English Language To take an illustration of what I have in mind, the ending -s is the common mark in English of a plural form. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Nouns, with no singular, 42. with one plural, two meanings, 43. with plural form, singular meaning, 41. with singular or plural construction, plural form, 41. An English Grammar A common mistake is to use the plural forms with singular collective nouns, as "kind," "class," "sort." Practical Exercises in English The useless and pedantic process of de-assimilation takes other forms, one of the most common of which is the restoring their foreign plural forms to words borrowed from Greek, Latin, and Italian. Society for Pure English, Tract 03 (1920) A Few Practical Suggestions The plural forms, ye and you, have replaced them. A Handbook of the English Language Hence some grammarians affirm, that salmon, mackerel, herring, perch, tench, and several others, are alike in both numbers, and ought never to be used in the plural form. The Grammar of English Grammars In the original the word was followed by a small mark which might or might not give it the plural form. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 That termination of en, as in deluden, salubren, seems to me the sign of the present tense of the plural form of the verb. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 The plural form was probably introduced to mark the complex nature of such sciences; and it may have been in imitation of the use of the Greek plurals &?;, &?;, &?;, &?;, etc., to designate parts of Aristotle's writings. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L These are true instances of conversion, and are proved to be so by the fact of their taking a plural form. A Handbook of the English Language Specie, meaning hard money, though derived or corrupted from species, is not the singular of that word; nor has it any occasion for a plural form, because we never speak of a specie. The Grammar of English Grammars The androgynous or plural form of the ancient Phoenician God Aleim, the Creator referred to in the opening chapter of Genesis, is clearly apparent. The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion Lidi, by the way, is both the singular and plural form of the noun that describes the huge beasts of burden of the Thurians. Pellucidar This is the plural form of the name of their leading chief, Tekarihoken. The Iroquois Book of Rites The words right and left, have not yet become true substantives; inasmuch as they have no plural forms. A Handbook of the English Language Nor does the use of you for the singular, warrant its connexion with any other than the plural form of the verb. The Grammar of English Grammars He also shuns a hiatus which does not seem to have been generally dipleasing to Spenser's ear, though perhaps in the compound epithet bees-alluring he intentionally avoids it by the plural form. Among My Books Second Series Then, as now, the plural form was a favourite one with writers afraid to attack openly. Shakspere and Montaigne Observe that the verb at the beginning of this last verse of our text passes into a plural form. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV Now, in English, the plural form is the same for all three persons. A Handbook of the English Language As the individual souls are many the mantra uses the plural form 'all beings.' The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 The following plural forms are commonly used in the singular. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The plural forms, You saw, You were, etc., are used in the singular also. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Give the plural forms of the following name-words: tree, leaf, copy, foot, shoe, calf, life, child, tooth, valley. De La Salle Fifth Reader Moreover, in Rashiduddin, we find the identical plural form used by our author. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 A thing even which is known as one only may be designated by a plural form, as in a mantra one girdle is spoken of as 'the fetters of Aditi.' The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 Some nouns adopted from foreign languages still retain their original plural forms. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The plural form was universally used, and resistance by no one of them planned. The United States of America, Part 1 Write the plural forms of boy, man, duty, youth, family, secretary. De La Salle Fifth Reader The plural form is not now in use. The Coverley Papers In the subjunctive mood the plural form were should be used with a singular subject; as, "If I were," not was. How to Speak and Write Correctly Of the plural forms those ending in lu denote a restriction in the number of the persons concerned. Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands After such indefinite adjectives as few, many, several, some of the above words take the plural form; as, several hundreds, many thousands. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Write the plural forms of the following words: solo, echo, negro, cargo, piano, calico, potato, embargo. De La Salle Fifth Reader The word is now always used in the plural form, sessions, as in Spectator 126. The Coverley Papers Remember the plural form of the personal pronoun you always takes were, though it may denote but one. How to Speak and Write Correctly The word has a singular signification in a plural form, "honoris causa." Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Bandit This word has two plural forms, bandits and banditti. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking How will the following sentences read if you change the name-words from the singular to the plural form: The old schoolmaster has a rod in his hand. De La Salle Fifth Reader Page 230 The plural form of the noun is sometimes the same as the singular. The Bontoc Igorot The plural form is often used as a noun. The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 There exist no such things as plural forms. The Soul of the Far East Herring The plural is herrings, but shad, trout, bass, pike, pickerel, grayling, have no plural form. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Grouse The names of game birds, as grouse, quail, snipe, woodcock, usually take no plural form. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking There seems to be no definite law in accordance with which these several plural forms are made. The Bontoc Igorot The plural form of this word is misleading. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking |
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