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Do you say the plural TO or OF something?
Should I say “She is in the park” or “She is at the park”?“feint toward” or “feint to”, “to” vs “toward”Write plural of/to the following words(Shoot or fire) at something or somebodyIs there any difference between “changing mind on something” and “changing mind about something”“Fell onto” x “Fell on” What's the difference?head to/ towards/forHow to say where I was born“The file I sent (to) you”. Using the prepositionAre these sentences grammatically correct in formal and informal English?
Are these sentences both correct?
What is the plural of boy?
What is the plural to boy?
Are they interchangeable?
prepositions grammaticality-in-context
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Are these sentences both correct?
What is the plural of boy?
What is the plural to boy?
Are they interchangeable?
prepositions grammaticality-in-context
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Are these sentences both correct?
What is the plural of boy?
What is the plural to boy?
Are they interchangeable?
prepositions grammaticality-in-context
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Are these sentences both correct?
What is the plural of boy?
What is the plural to boy?
Are they interchangeable?
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prepositions grammaticality-in-context
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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”?
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Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
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But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
– Kumar sadhu
yesterday
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
yesterday
4
@Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
– amI
yesterday
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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
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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'."
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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 yesterday
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
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But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
– Kumar sadhu
yesterday
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
yesterday
4
@Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
– amI
yesterday
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 yesterday
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1,708521
But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
– Kumar sadhu
yesterday
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
yesterday
4
@Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
– amI
yesterday
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 yesterday
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1,708521
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 yesterday
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1,708521
answered yesterday
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1,708521
answered yesterday
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1,708521
answered yesterday
Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko
1,708521
1,708521
But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
– Kumar sadhu
yesterday
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
yesterday
4
@Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
– amI
yesterday
add a comment |
But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
– Kumar sadhu
yesterday
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
yesterday
4
@Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
– amI
yesterday
But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
– Kumar sadhu
yesterday
But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
– Kumar sadhu
yesterday
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
yesterday
@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
yesterday
4
4
@Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
– amI
yesterday
@Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
– amI
yesterday
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 yesterday
FSCKurFSCKur
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+1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
– fred2
yesterday
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
yesterday
An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
– FSCKur
yesterday
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 yesterday
FSCKurFSCKur
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+1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
– fred2
yesterday
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
yesterday
An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
– FSCKur
yesterday
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 yesterday
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 yesterday
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+1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
– fred2
yesterday
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
yesterday
An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
– FSCKur
yesterday
add a comment |
1
+1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
– fred2
yesterday
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
yesterday
An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
– FSCKur
yesterday
1
1
+1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
– fred2
yesterday
+1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
– fred2
yesterday
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
yesterday
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
yesterday
An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
– FSCKur
yesterday
An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
– FSCKur
yesterday
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