Assertion: noun's form | /r/HasProperty | plural
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Source sentences:
text: Few collective nouns, though they are in singular forms, are used in plural forms.
text: Collective nouns that have a singlar form but take a plural verb form are called collective plurals.
text: For example, users of British English generally accept that collective nouns take either singular or plural verb forms depending on context and the metonymic shift that it implies.
text: In British English, it is generally accepted that collective nouns can take either singular or plural verb forms depending on the context and the metonymic shift that it implies.
text: Most common nouns in English are countable — they have both singular and plural forms.
text: Most common nouns in English are countable—that is, they have both singular and plural forms.
text: Count nouns have both singular and plural forms and can be used with both singular and plural verb forms, as with the word letter in "A letter for you is on the table.
text: Count nouns have both singular and plural forms and can be used with both singular and plural verb forms, as with the word letter in "A letter for you is on the table.
text: Note that countable nouns have plural forms and can be used with the indefinite article a/an.
text: Countable nouns can be used in both singular and plural forms can be modified by numerals and can co-occur with quantifying determiners such as many, most, more, several, etc.
text: Some nouns have a plural form identical to that of the singular: sheep/sheep.
text: Most nouns have singular and plural forms.
text: Most nouns have both singular and plural forms.
text: Few nouns are used only in the plural forms.
text: Most nouns have singular and plural forms.
text: Most nouns have a singular and a plural form.
text: Many nouns have both singular and plural forms.
text: Some nouns also change gender when moved from the singular form to the plural form, while others will change meaning if put into plural.
text: Pronouns, nouns and demonstratives are used exclusively in the singular and plural forms through the use of classifiers, suffixes and prefixes.
text: For instance, in Arabic all nouns can have singular, plural, or dual forms.
text: Nouns lacking plural or singular form [ edit ]
text: Some proper nouns occur in plural form (optionally or exclusively), and then they refer to groups of entities considered as unique (the Hendersons, the Everglades, the Azores, the Pleiades).
text: Some proper nouns occur in plural form (optionally or exclusively), and then they refer to groups of entities considered as unique (the Hendersons, the Everglades, the Azores, the Pleiades).
text: Plural nouns have only one form and are used with plural verb forms: "Townspeople are invited to a forum on the project," "These scissors are dull.