plurals
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The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
pluraladjectiveconsisting of, containing, or pertaining to more than one.
Example Sentences
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But it allows many plurals, past tenses and contractions.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2022
But when teaching an Italian Portuguese, is it better to teach adjectives before plurals?
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2021
Irregular plurals may be annoying for language learners, but they’re fun to talk about!
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2019
It’s always dealing with plurals: Usher is writing about Usher; Usher is living and remembering and ideating, all at once; he never gets a chance to be still, to be just one person.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2019
To form the plurals of abbreviations and numbers, add s alone, but to form the plural of a single letter, add s.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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