Assertion: plural | /r/ObjectUse | used as singular
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: for gender-neutrality
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Other words whose plurals are sometimes used as singulars include:
text: When a team's name is plural in form but cannot be singularized by removing an -s, as in Boston Red Sox, the plural is sometimes used as a singular (a player may be referred to as "a Red Sox").
text: The plural form of a pronoun may also be applied to a single individual as a sign of importance, respect or generality, as in the pluralis majestatis, the T-V distinction, and the generic "you", found in many languages, or, in English, when using the singular "they" for gender-neutrality.