I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
singular/plural (= showing whether the subject is one thing or person or more )
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The third person singular is 'lies'.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
irregular verb/plural etc
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Index of language points and of irregular verbs.
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The conjugations of these irregular verbs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But their swagger is expressed in the first-person plural , and their luster is vulnerable, always demanding fresh polish.
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For example under the headword child is the information that the plural is children rather than childs.
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In the twentieth century, in fact, the plural of the word predominates, and is closest to our personal experience.
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Professor I.. Cantor, although he used the first person plural in his talk, did not thank any collaborators.
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The plural is important here for there can be no single or homogeneous strategy against racism because racism itself is never homogeneous.
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The term transnational capitalist class is used interchangeably in the singular and the plural .
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
form
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These languages have a dual form in addition to singular and plural forms.
reference
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Rather, it is an examination of constraints which militate for or against plural reference .
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It is generally assumed that the use of and will enhance plural reference in this example.
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One possibility relates to the many cases where plural reference is made under conditions which our results show to be relatively unfavourable.
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If they do not map in this way, then plural reference with the atomic individuals is not possible.
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However, it is recognized that other tasks may well tap other aspects of plural reference .
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First consider the overall incidence of plural references .
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The complex ref-O is that which enables plural reference to take place.
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Our questions are thus more concerned with preferences than with boundary conditions in which plural references may become impossible.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Have" is the plural form of "has."
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a plural pronoun
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the plural makeup of the United States
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I think that the 80s were beneficial in that they produced plural arts funding.
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If they do not map in this way, then plural reference with the atomic individuals is not possible.
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Rather, it is an examination of constraints which militate for or against plural reference.
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The council will be set up at the start of March and will be plural and representative, he said.
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The letter $ is introduced in the second volume as a plural suffix to graphic symbols.
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The words hawa and its plural alma occur some thirty times in the Koran as the negative pole of the ideal city.