Sentence examples for in the plural from inspiring English sources

The phrase "in the plural" is a correct and frequently used phrase in written English.
It is used to refer to multiple versions of something. For example, "This book contains several synonyms in the plural."

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Literatures in the plural!

He obviously means "you" in the plural.

Rarely for him, Maradona spoke in the plural.

Most notably, in the plural narratives employed in each book.

The term is usually used in the plural.

Other languages use common gender in the plural (i.e., there is no gender distinction in the plural).

(Only in the plural, guts, does that word gain the meaning of "courage," or "intestinal fortitude").

Kinnock said people were wrong to speak in the plural about the "leaders of the miners".

Sterling conflated the virus with the full-blown disease and referred to it in the plural.

Paprocki and Thomas referred to demons and devils, and to devils in the plural and singular.

Why is it that they write Plant in the singular, and Structures in the plural.

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