plural subject

collocation in English

meaningsofpluralandsubject

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plural
adjective
uk
/ˈplʊə.rəl/us
/ˈplʊr.əl/
consisting of lots of different races or types of people or of ...
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subject
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/us
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
the thing that is being discussed, considered, ...
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(Definition ofpluralandsubjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofplural subject

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Specifically, they will stand out for those of us in the collectivity as words that "we" as apluralsubjectmaintain.
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In the sequence above the blending and substitution operations were interpreted as producing a novelpluralsubjectand verb string.
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This issue was examined by calculating separate error rates for singular andpluralsubject-verb sequences.
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Thus, apluralsubjectin impersonal expressions occurs with singular agreement.
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A singular verb may have apluralsubject, and a plural verb may have a singular subject.
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With nonadjacent subjects, there is a high likelihood of -s occurring with any type ofpluralsubject.
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And she does not presuppose that the preferences, beliefs or attitudes of apluralsubjectare reducible to the preferences, beliefs or attitudes that the members hold as individuals.
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Reciprocals are used when members of apluralsubjectact on other members of the same subject.
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Moreover, humans must form a whole or unit of a special kind... apluralsubject(431).
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Another, separate, "-t" suffix is found in all tenses in transitive sentences it indicates a 3rd personpluralsubject.
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For example, "mur", "tesi" and "medap" all mean fall down, but only "medap" can have either a singular or apluralsubject.
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Imperfective aspect 9. 1st personpluralsubjector perfective mood 10. 2nd personpluralsubjector 2nd person singular object 11.
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In other words, the people concerned constitute thepluralsubjectof the goal.
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The errors are all of a characteristic type : plural subjects occur with singular verb agreement, with correct person agreement.
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Because photographs depicting singular subjects appeared prior to those with plural subjects, the participants viewed the picture sequences in a counterbalanced order.
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