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Tag Archives: meervoud

Plurals are in the mind’s eye

Singular subjects require singular verbs and plural subjects require plural verbs… except when they don’t.

Posted byMike WilkinsonMay 27, 2020May 27, 2020Posted inAdvanced, Grammar, Hypercorrectness, Plurals, US-UK issues, VerbsTags:aantal, dunglish, engels, gebruik meervoud, meervoud, werkwoordenLeave a comment on Plurals are in the mind’s eye

Data

A singular noun. Yes, the origin of the word is the Latin plural of datum, but that’s not the point. Languages are dynamic and changing; if you don’t go with the flow, it can sound hypercorrect.

Posted byMike WilkinsonMay 22, 2020May 27, 2020Posted inAdvanced, Grammar, Hypercorrectness, Plurals, US-UK issuesTags:data, dataset, dunglish, engels, gebruik meervoud, gegevens, media, meervoud3 Comments on Data

19th and 20th centuries

The word “and” creates a plural in English – in this example, you’re talking about more than one century, after all.

Posted byMike WilkinsonMay 14, 2020May 21, 2020Posted inAdvanced, Grammar, PluralsTags:dunglish, eeuw, engels, gebruik meervoud, koppelteken, meervoudLeave a comment on 19th and 20th centuries

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