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Thread: Is family plural or singular? Is family plural or singular? Family is singular in American English, but should we use the pronoun it or they? e.g. My family lives in California , but it/they used to live in France.. It sounds odd, but how do we justify the switch to the plural they?
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- The words was and were are not singular or plural, BUT... WAS is used after a singular noun, and WERE is used after a plural noun. Examples: The dog (a singular noun) …WAS walking in the park today. The dogs (a plural noun) WERE walking in the park today. A helpful saying to remember; He WAS, they WERE.
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Nouns that are plural in English but singular in French, and vice versa In English, what we call collective nouns (e.g. family, team, police, company, ...) can be followed by a verb either in singular or plural form, depending on whether we consider the group as a single unit (singular), or as the individuals forming the group (plural). However, these collective nouns are always followed by singular in French. Plural where singular in English. Note that words such as ''holiday'' (vacances) and ''hair'' (cheveux) are always plural in French. The adjectives or verbs following them are also in plural form.
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Children is singular or plural? Child = singular. Children = plural. People = plural. Apart from that, you want to work on your typing skills. Your caps are all over the place. And a spell checker wouldn't go astray either. This is a forum where people want to learn proper English. Therefore we don't write r, we write are, as it is supposed to be.
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Apostrophe A singular noun is a word for one person, place, or thing.   A plural noun is a word for two or more people, places, or things.    A possessive noun is a noun indicat…ing ownership,  possession, origin, or purpose.     Singular possessive nouns are formed by adding an apostrophe s  ('s) to the end of the word.
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- families definition: Families are defined as groups of relatives who live together as a nuclear unit or are combinations of people who can be grouped together. (noun) An example of families are mothers, fathers and childen who live in a neighborhood. ...
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Is had plural or singular? Military Police veteran with a love of languages, travel and useless trivia. The pronoun she is singular, a third person singular pronoun, used as a subject. (The object form is hers.) The plural third person pronoun is they, used as a subject.
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Plural Noun Forms Notice, though, that the verb (is) agrees with one, which is singular, and not with the object of the preposition, which is always plural. When a family name (a proper noun) is pluralized, we almost always simply add an s..
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- About Plural and Feminine. Plural is a grammatical number, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers. Examples of plural forms: car - cars, boat - boats, house - houses, friend - friends.
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nounnoun  [ C] uk â / naÊn / us â/ naÊn / Singular and plural nounsNouns can be either singular or plural. Singular means just one of the person, animal or thing which the noun refers to. Plural means more than one. Forming the plural of nounsThe rules for making the plural of nouns depend on the spelling and pronunciation. Most nouns form their plural by adding -s: …. Nouns: singular and plural …. Nouns used only in the singularSome nouns are used only in the singular, even though they end in -s.
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- A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea, while a plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea. There are a few basic rules to remember when it comes to turning a singular noun into a plural noun. Most singular nouns need an 's' at the end to become plural.
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Singular they Singular they. Singular they is the use in English of the pronoun they or its inflected or derivative forms, them, their, theirs, and themselves (or themself), as an epicene (gender-neutral) singular pronoun. It typically occurs with an antecedent of indeterminate gender, as in sentences such as:
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Noun: Singular & Plural Noun: Singular & Plural. Seeing that nouns are items, there can be one or more and this means that nouns are either singular or plural. Singular means there is one, plural means there is more than one. Even a fraction more that one means the noun is plural. That is commonly seen in recipes—1 1/2 cups milk. And here is a kicker to that so called less than one —If the item is a zero or a decimal version of less than one it gets the plural treatment.
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Grammar question. What is correct; our family or our families. Also our body or our bodies. ? Best Answer: It depends on how many families or bodies you are talking about. You say our family if you are talking about one family or members of one family. You say our families if you are talking about two or more families.You say our body if you are talking about one body (but as Raven pointed out, that's unusual.ou say our bodies if you are talking about two or more bodies. Family is a collective noun (see the list of collective nouns in the first link below). A collective noun is a group of individuals considered as one unit.
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- What is a plural? A plural is a noun or a pronoun that is a word for two or more  people or things.    Most plural nouns are formed in English by using the letter  s or es at the end… of the word (e.g. boy-boys, hat-hats,  lunch-lunches, glass-glasses).
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Change in the Nuclear Family The Evolution of the American Family Structure from WWII to Present Day. Everyone on the planet has a family, but not everyone sees eye to eye about what constitutes as a “real” family. Since WWII, the structure of the American family has been constantly changing. The “normal” American family is known as the nuclear family, with a mother, father, son, daughter, and occasionally, a pet. But as time has progressed, the nuclear family has had to make room for larger families, single parent families, biracial families, and families with step and half relatives in them.
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plural Definition of plural for English Language Learners. 1  grammar : relating to a form of a word that refers to more than one person or thing. : 2  relating to or made up of more than one kind or group. : 3  relating to or made up of more than one person or thing.
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family noun. 1  Family is defined as a specific group of people that may be made up of partners, children, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. An example of a family is a set of parents living with their children. 2  The definition of family is the group of people who share common ancestors.
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Thread: Is family plural or singular? Re: Is family plural or singular? Just to clear up one myth: It's not true that British English always uses the plural in cases like this. It depends on whether you are talking about the group as a whole or separate individuals within that group. The family as a single unit, all the members living under one roof.
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- For example. Cat is singular Cats is plural. House is singular. Houses is plural. 6 people found this useful. Edit. Share to: 1  A Guide to Hepatitis Liver Disease There are several different types of hepatitis, but the best-known are hepatitis A, B and C. They are viruses that cause liver disease.xists and is an alternate of. Merge this question into. Split and merge into it. Answer by Tom Hassani. Confidence votes 239. Because hepatitis is a condition and can only be singular it can only be refered to as such.
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Eagle Creek Ranch PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: This amazing property has all the old charm and history of the Old West. The ranch sits on five parcels totaling some 116 acres of prime agricultural and ranch land that borders the wild and scenic Upper Trinity River on one side and the rugged and alpine setting of the Trinity Alps on the other.
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- A singular noun is a word for one person, place, or thing. A plural  noun is a word for two or more people, places, or things.    Some nouns form a plural by adding th … e S or ES to the singular noun  (frog, frogs, church, churches). These are called regular plural  nouns.
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- A plural noun is one that refers to more than one of an object or concept. The plural is most often formed by adding S or ES to the singular form (also sometimes altering the … spelling).
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Meaning of Family 'Family' is a single word, with many different meanings. People have many ways of defining a family and what being a part of a family means to them.
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The nuclear family is considered the 'ideal'. Why and for whom? In this description Murdock is describing a family structure called the nuclear family. The nuclear family is the most common definition of a family, which consists of two parents and their children. It was once considered ideal by society but is now facing a decline due to the rapid change of trends in society today. These trends in issues such as divorce and religion are some of many linked to the decline of the nuclear family in society.
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Is documentation singular or plural? The words was and were are not singular or plural, BUT... WAS is used after a singular noun, and WERE is used after a plural noun. Examples: The dog (a singular noun) … WAS walking in the park today. The dogs (a plural noun) WERE walking in the park today.