By pluralizing the term, we acknowledge that masculinity means different things to different groups of men at different times".
(The term is often pluralized, to distinguish it from Afrobeat, Fela Kuti's brand of funk). It lives not just in Lagos but also in London, a secondary hub, and in other cities worldwide.
When using the possessive form of a plural--one that has been pluralized by adding an s--follow this format: employees', hyenas', trapeze artists'.
"We imported the word panini and then pluralized it paninis, whereas panini is already a plural word!" she says.
The term connotes a streetwise British style, but she didn't know that at the time, so she pluralized it and made it hers.
I don't enjoy seeing OVERESTIMATION or RECAPITULATION pluralized.
It is thought the word "meadow" was pluralized to come more trippingly off the tongue.
As its scope widened to polio, smallpox, and disease surveillance, the name was changed to the Center for Disease Control and later pluralized.
I don't necessarily like seeing pluralized celebrities (LOLAS and GREGS) and would have liked to see Mr. Savoy find an alternative to those entries.
During all that time, the editor of The New Yorker was William Shawn, who pluralized himself in the quiet expression "not for us".
The event, usually attracting as many as 250,000 people, spans four days beginning this Thursday and is thus pluralized: "Bastille Days".
