Sentence examples for as a plural object from inspiring English sources

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It began life as a plural object pronoun and evolved into the whole enchilada: subject and object, singular and plural.

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Still a fourth example involves the logical form of statements with plural subjects, such as 'John and Mary lifted the piano (together)', which is analyzed as reporting, not the exploits of a "plural object", but rather an event involving more than one agent [Higginbotham & Schein 1986; Schein 1993; Lasersohn 1995; Landman 1996, 2000].

The singular subject ("a word") is likened to a plural object ("apples... in pictures").

LINE-MOD also can detect plural objects and estimate its pose online by registering plural object models to the database.

[Note: "Data is rarely used as a plural today, just as candelabra and agenda long ago ceased to be plurals," Pinker writes.

("Vacances," as a plural, rather than a one-shot deal, is another appealing one).

In general, couple causes fewer problems when treated as a plural.

Interestingly, the use of "haters" as a plural noun goes back much further.

If couple conveys the idea of two people, treat it as a plural: The couple were married.

Shabab is correct as a plural, so make it "the Shabab have put Kenya in their cross hairs".

Philip Browning Newport, Shropshire The confusion over plurals (Letters, 30 December) extends to the creeping use of kudos as a plural, imported from America, where a single kudo is often metaphorically awarded to someone.

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