Sentence examples for plural descriptions from inspiring English sources

Ultimately we also want to take into account plural descriptions (as in 'the dogs are barking'), mass noun descriptions (as in 'the water is cold'), and generics (as in 'the dog is a loyal friend').

Here it is difficult to find evidence one way or the other for the case of singular definite descriptions, but earlier we saw that the theory could be generalized à la Sharvy, to plural descriptions, and in the plural case we could actually probe the question of whether maximality holds.

'The rock' can also be understood as a plural description that denotes all of the little pieces of rock.

The phrase "United States" was originally treated as plural, a description of a collection of independent states e.g., "the United States are"—including in the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865.

We saw that singular, plural, mass, and generic descriptions can be unified; can we perform the same unification trick here?

It really does seem as though singular, plural, mass, and generic descriptions are not so different in kind.

For purposes of analysis, TB and ANC users were included in the initial description of plural healthcare patterns, but excluded in the models for determinants and implications, as there are clearly defined indications for use of TB and ANC services.

Furnivall's original description of the plural society is very different from the way "pluralism" has come to be understood in the West.

Merriam-Webster's users are extremely active in the comment threads at the bottom of each entry, and the site has a healthy YouTube presence, including more than twenty "Ask the Editor" videos; Stamper's description of the plural of "octopus" has been watched more than half a million times.

The plural of vents in that description is misleading.

Dr. Nestle says she thinks the plural "corn sugars" is a better description of high-fructose corn syrup, which is actually a mixture of glucose and fructose.