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What is the plural of boy?

What is the plural to boy?

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What is the plural of boy?

What is the plural to boy?

Are they interchangeable?

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What is the plural of boy?

What is the plural to boy?

Are they interchangeable?

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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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answered 11 hours ago

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  But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
  
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  @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.
  
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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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9

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”?

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko

1,628521

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
  
  – Kumar sadhu
  11 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  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
  11 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
  
  – amI
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

9

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”?

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko

1,628521

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
  
  – Kumar sadhu
  11 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  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
  11 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
  
  – amI
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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”?

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko

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answered 11 hours ago

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answered 11 hours ago

Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko

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answered 11 hours ago

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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.

share|improve this answer

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  +1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
  
  – fred2
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  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
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
  
  – FSCKur
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

2

"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.

share|improve this answer

answered 5 hours ago

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  +1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
  
  – fred2
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  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
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
  
  – FSCKur
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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.

share|improve this answer

answered 5 hours ago

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