plural verb
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpluralandverb
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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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verb
noun[C]
uk/vɜːb/us/vɝːb/
a word or phrase that describes an action, condition, ...
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(Definition ofpluralandverbfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofplural verb
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As will be seen below, for instance, duo as a rule takespluralverbagreement, while orchestra mostly takes the singular.
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If however they disagree, by so emphasising their differing views they are drawing attention to their number and merit apluralverb.
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It is easy to see why we have apluralverbin these cases.
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Accordingly, compatibility with apluralverbwill no longer be considered to be a necessary characteristic of a collective noun.
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Nearly every page features a mismatch of singular nouns withpluralverbforms or vice versa.
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Examples with no have also been included, as this quantifier may be followed by a singular or apluralverb.
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A singular verb may have a plural subject, and apluralverbmay have a singular subject.
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The word "media" is the plural of "medium" and thus requires apluralverb.
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First, the writer used apluralverbto follow the singular pronoun "everyone"; and secondly he used the preposition "like" when he should have used the conjunction "as".
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Table 3 presents data on the number and percentage of utterances involving singular verb forms and the number and percentage of utterances involvingpluralverbforms.
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Levin (2001: 213-14) also points out thatpluralverbagreement is predominant in examples with all.
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Staff is followed by apluralverbin more than 80 per cent of the cases.
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It is standard practice for a fully coordinated noun phrase to take apluralverb, as a result of notional concord, even if the coordinated nouns are singular.
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The description seems to imply a focus on the unity, which is confirmed by the fact that in only 8 out of 63 cases is apluralverbused.
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What has to be assessed in the case of 'singular only' items is whether there is an element in the context that would result in incompatibility with apluralverb.
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Depraetere (2003: 118) therefore seems to be right when she claims that 'reference to activities performed by individuals does not require apluralverbto be used'.
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