1.The plural number or form. 2.A word or term in the plural form. [Middle Englishplurel, from Old French, from Latinplūrālis, fromplūs, plūr-,more; seepelə-inIndo-European roots.] plu′ral·lyadv. Our Living LanguageIn English, plurals of nouns are normally indicated by the en...
be able to count somebody/something on (the fingers of) one hand used to say that the total number of somebody/something is very small She could count on the fingers of one hand the people she actually enjoyed being with. Although she knew lots of people, she could count her friend...
respectively. Some nouns that end in -fallow for the plural to be made with or without the change to -v. The word dwarf, for example, has both the plural formdwarfs(as seen in the title of Disney’sSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs) anddwarves(the preferred spelling offantasyauthorJ.R....
Thecommitteeenjoyed biscuits with their tea. "It is possible for singular collective nouns to be followed either by a singular or a plural verb form (seenumber): Theaudiencewas delighted with the performance. Theaudiencewere delighted with the performance. Colorful Collective Nouns "Many noncount n...
This paper examines the history of the ACC-inggerundive, a subtype of verbal gerund differing formally from both bare gerundives (I enjoyed reading the paper) and POSS-inggerundives (I was surprised atJane'sarriving late) in having an ov... T Fanego - 《Functions of Language》 被引量: ...
31 I enjoyed our conversation. (We conversed.) 32 Your response to that question was brilliant. (You responded to that question.) 33 The company's employment of many people has added to our local economy. (The company employs many people.) ...
Do the newly created nouns above now come under the heading of a “gerund” or am I confusing myself with the whole “ing” form of a verb (running, sitting, talking etc…) that functions as a noun? Cheers from Down Under KarenG thank you:)) Ahmet20 First of all, thanks for ...
aWho you want to see, it can be me 谁您想要看,它可以是我[translate] a我们明天应该更早起床吗 We will be supposed to get out of bed early tomorrow[translate] aodin mode..check plcatform verificatiom odin方式。.check plcatform verificatiom[translate] a名词性从句 Nominal clause[translate]...
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And when I say reasonable, I mean reasonable enough to form a full study worthy of a publication. From the beginning of the summer my mentors mentioned the outcome of a publication being the highlight of the summer. They meant that seriously. I mean we are still having weekly meetings righ...