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What is the plural TO / OF something
experience at/in/on high school levels“Not until” and “by”Write plural of/to the following wordsIs there any difference between “changing mind on something” and “changing mind about something”On the end of somethingwhen to use 'for' in this case?“do to” vs. “do with”“sort of” vs. “a sort of”In the field or on the field?Why is it 'a ticket _to_ the cinema' but 'a ticket _for_ a/the concert'?
What is the plural of boy?
What is the plural to boy?
Are they interchangeable?
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It’s always the plural of something.
What is the plural of “boy”?
To make the plural of "dog" you add the plural ending -s.
“Are” is the second person plural of the verb “to be”.
The word “teeth” is an irregular plural of the noun “tooth”.
What's the plural of “tooth”?
answered 21 hours ago
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
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But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
– Kumar sadhu
20 hours ago
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@Kumarsadhu - You may have seen this, but it’s incorrect. English has a very large number of speakers as a non-native language, and as such, mistakes are extremely common.
– Chris Melville
20 hours ago
4
@Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
– amI
20 hours ago
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"there is no singular to audience."
This is semantically incorrect - audience is a singular word, the plural of which is audiences - but syntactically, it's fine. If we instead pick a word like sheep, where the same word stands for one or many, then there is no plural to sheep is equally as correct as there is no plural of sheep.
The use of the different prepositions (of, to) gives different inflections to the adjective (singular). We can see this if we add explicit nouns:
There is no plural form of 'sheep'
There is no plural equivalent to 'sheep'
This holds while we are saying there is no.... In all the examples so far provided, we are making the adjectives plural or singular stand in for nouns. If we are asking about the existence of a plural, then form makes sense as the noun, but so might equivalent or aspect, both of which will be happy with a to.
In the examples provided by Andrew Tobilko, this would not hold. of is the only valid choice in those examples.
Generally, to can be used to relate qualities to objects. For example, it's natural and correct to say there is no flavour to this food - especially if you are a visitor to Britain.
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+1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
– fred2
12 hours ago
Note that 'equivalent' is an adjective in a reduced relative phrase: "There is no plural [that is] equivalent to 'sheep'." If it was parsed as a noun (with 'plural' as adjective) then 'to' is just as clunky as "There is no plural to 'sheep'."
– amI
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An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
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It’s always the plural of something.
What is the plural of “boy”?
To make the plural of "dog" you add the plural ending -s.
“Are” is the second person plural of the verb “to be”.
The word “teeth” is an irregular plural of the noun “tooth”.
What's the plural of “tooth”?
answered 21 hours ago
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1,658521
But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
– Kumar sadhu
20 hours ago
4
@Kumarsadhu - You may have seen this, but it’s incorrect. English has a very large number of speakers as a non-native language, and as such, mistakes are extremely common.
– Chris Melville
20 hours ago
4
@Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
– amI
20 hours ago
add a comment |
It’s always the plural of something.
What is the plural of “boy”?
To make the plural of "dog" you add the plural ending -s.
“Are” is the second person plural of the verb “to be”.
The word “teeth” is an irregular plural of the noun “tooth”.
What's the plural of “tooth”?
answered 21 hours ago
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1,658521
But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
– Kumar sadhu
20 hours ago
4
@Kumarsadhu - You may have seen this, but it’s incorrect. English has a very large number of speakers as a non-native language, and as such, mistakes are extremely common.
– Chris Melville
20 hours ago
4
@Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
– amI
20 hours ago
add a comment |
It’s always the plural of something.
What is the plural of “boy”?
To make the plural of "dog" you add the plural ending -s.
“Are” is the second person plural of the verb “to be”.
The word “teeth” is an irregular plural of the noun “tooth”.
What's the plural of “tooth”?
answered 21 hours ago
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1,658521
It’s always the plural of something.
What is the plural of “boy”?
To make the plural of "dog" you add the plural ending -s.
“Are” is the second person plural of the verb “to be”.
The word “teeth” is an irregular plural of the noun “tooth”.
What's the plural of “tooth”?
answered 21 hours ago
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1,658521
answered 21 hours ago
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1,658521
answered 21 hours ago
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1,658521
answered 21 hours ago
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1,658521
1,658521
But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
– Kumar sadhu
20 hours ago
4
@Kumarsadhu - You may have seen this, but it’s incorrect. English has a very large number of speakers as a non-native language, and as such, mistakes are extremely common.
– Chris Melville
20 hours ago
4
@Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
– amI
20 hours ago
add a comment |
But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
– Kumar sadhu
20 hours ago
4
@Kumarsadhu - You may have seen this, but it’s incorrect. English has a very large number of speakers as a non-native language, and as such, mistakes are extremely common.
– Chris Melville
20 hours ago
4
@Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
– amI
20 hours ago
But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
– Kumar sadhu
20 hours ago
But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
– Kumar sadhu
20 hours ago
4
4
@Kumarsadhu - You may have seen this, but it’s incorrect. English has a very large number of speakers as a non-native language, and as such, mistakes are extremely common.
– Chris Melville
20 hours ago
@Kumarsadhu - You may have seen this, but it’s incorrect. English has a very large number of speakers as a non-native language, and as such, mistakes are extremely common.
– Chris Melville
20 hours ago
4
4
@Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
– amI
20 hours ago
@Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
– amI
20 hours ago
add a comment |
"there is no singular to audience."
This is semantically incorrect - audience is a singular word, the plural of which is audiences - but syntactically, it's fine. If we instead pick a word like sheep, where the same word stands for one or many, then there is no plural to sheep is equally as correct as there is no plural of sheep.
The use of the different prepositions (of, to) gives different inflections to the adjective (singular). We can see this if we add explicit nouns:
There is no plural form of 'sheep'
There is no plural equivalent to 'sheep'
This holds while we are saying there is no.... In all the examples so far provided, we are making the adjectives plural or singular stand in for nouns. If we are asking about the existence of a plural, then form makes sense as the noun, but so might equivalent or aspect, both of which will be happy with a to.
In the examples provided by Andrew Tobilko, this would not hold. of is the only valid choice in those examples.
Generally, to can be used to relate qualities to objects. For example, it's natural and correct to say there is no flavour to this food - especially if you are a visitor to Britain.
answered 14 hours ago
FSCKurFSCKur
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+1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
– fred2
12 hours ago
Note that 'equivalent' is an adjective in a reduced relative phrase: "There is no plural [that is] equivalent to 'sheep'." If it was parsed as a noun (with 'plural' as adjective) then 'to' is just as clunky as "There is no plural to 'sheep'."
– amI
11 hours ago
An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
– FSCKur
11 hours ago
add a comment |
"there is no singular to audience."
This is semantically incorrect - audience is a singular word, the plural of which is audiences - but syntactically, it's fine. If we instead pick a word like sheep, where the same word stands for one or many, then there is no plural to sheep is equally as correct as there is no plural of sheep.
The use of the different prepositions (of, to) gives different inflections to the adjective (singular). We can see this if we add explicit nouns:
There is no plural form of 'sheep'
There is no plural equivalent to 'sheep'
This holds while we are saying there is no.... In all the examples so far provided, we are making the adjectives plural or singular stand in for nouns. If we are asking about the existence of a plural, then form makes sense as the noun, but so might equivalent or aspect, both of which will be happy with a to.
In the examples provided by Andrew Tobilko, this would not hold. of is the only valid choice in those examples.
Generally, to can be used to relate qualities to objects. For example, it's natural and correct to say there is no flavour to this food - especially if you are a visitor to Britain.
answered 14 hours ago
FSCKurFSCKur
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+1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
– fred2
12 hours ago
Note that 'equivalent' is an adjective in a reduced relative phrase: "There is no plural [that is] equivalent to 'sheep'." If it was parsed as a noun (with 'plural' as adjective) then 'to' is just as clunky as "There is no plural to 'sheep'."
– amI
11 hours ago
An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
– FSCKur
11 hours ago
add a comment |
"there is no singular to audience."
This is semantically incorrect - audience is a singular word, the plural of which is audiences - but syntactically, it's fine. If we instead pick a word like sheep, where the same word stands for one or many, then there is no plural to sheep is equally as correct as there is no plural of sheep.
The use of the different prepositions (of, to) gives different inflections to the adjective (singular). We can see this if we add explicit nouns:
There is no plural form of 'sheep'
There is no plural equivalent to 'sheep'
This holds while we are saying there is no.... In all the examples so far provided, we are making the adjectives plural or singular stand in for nouns. If we are asking about the existence of a plural, then form makes sense as the noun, but so might equivalent or aspect, both of which will be happy with a to.
In the examples provided by Andrew Tobilko, this would not hold. of is the only valid choice in those examples.
Generally, to can be used to relate qualities to objects. For example, it's natural and correct to say there is no flavour to this food - especially if you are a visitor to Britain.
answered 14 hours ago
FSCKurFSCKur
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"there is no singular to audience."
This is semantically incorrect - audience is a singular word, the plural of which is audiences - but syntactically, it's fine. If we instead pick a word like sheep, where the same word stands for one or many, then there is no plural to sheep is equally as correct as there is no plural of sheep.
The use of the different prepositions (of, to) gives different inflections to the adjective (singular). We can see this if we add explicit nouns:
There is no plural form of 'sheep'
There is no plural equivalent to 'sheep'
This holds while we are saying there is no.... In all the examples so far provided, we are making the adjectives plural or singular stand in for nouns. If we are asking about the existence of a plural, then form makes sense as the noun, but so might equivalent or aspect, both of which will be happy with a to.
In the examples provided by Andrew Tobilko, this would not hold. of is the only valid choice in those examples.
Generally, to can be used to relate qualities to objects. For example, it's natural and correct to say there is no flavour to this food - especially if you are a visitor to Britain.
answered 14 hours ago
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+1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
– fred2
12 hours ago
Note that 'equivalent' is an adjective in a reduced relative phrase: "There is no plural [that is] equivalent to 'sheep'." If it was parsed as a noun (with 'plural' as adjective) then 'to' is just as clunky as "There is no plural to 'sheep'."
– amI
11 hours ago
An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
– FSCKur
11 hours ago
add a comment |
1
+1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
– fred2
12 hours ago
Note that 'equivalent' is an adjective in a reduced relative phrase: "There is no plural [that is] equivalent to 'sheep'." If it was parsed as a noun (with 'plural' as adjective) then 'to' is just as clunky as "There is no plural to 'sheep'."
– amI
11 hours ago
An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
– FSCKur
11 hours ago
1
1
+1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
– fred2
12 hours ago
+1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
– fred2
12 hours ago
Note that 'equivalent' is an adjective in a reduced relative phrase: "There is no plural [that is] equivalent to 'sheep'." If it was parsed as a noun (with 'plural' as adjective) then 'to' is just as clunky as "There is no plural to 'sheep'."
– amI
11 hours ago
Note that 'equivalent' is an adjective in a reduced relative phrase: "There is no plural [that is] equivalent to 'sheep'." If it was parsed as a noun (with 'plural' as adjective) then 'to' is just as clunky as "There is no plural to 'sheep'."
– amI
11 hours ago
An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
– FSCKur
11 hours ago
An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
– FSCKur
11 hours ago
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