the plural use in the English language?
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I know the use is...\npieces of bread...\nloaves of bread...\nWhat is the proper whe stated...2 breads (?)\n6 breads (?)\n1 bread (?)\n\n***************************************\n\n2 PIECES of bread\n6 PIECES of bread\n1 PIECE of bread
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i am \nyou are\nwe are\nthey are\nhe is\nyou (plural) are
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They are with one or two exceptions.\n\n"I" is a pronoun.\n"rocks" might be a verb (depending on its use in sentence)
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Great question.  Proceeds is on of those words that is inherently plural even though it's a single entity. .  One of those quirks of English. If you used the word "income" instead of proceeds, the correct word would be "is".  Other examples are "my pants are too tight" or "these scissors are dull".  One object, but treated as a plural.
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I think it's time for people to accept that there's no point in making data plural when we never use the singular.  Technically stamina is plural too (like opera and agenda which you mention) but no one says "the stamina are" or "the opera are".  We're not ancient romans.  \n\n"there has been a growing tendency to use it as an equivalent to the uncountable noun information, followed by a singular verb. This is now regarded as generally acceptable in American use, and in the context of information technology."\nhttp://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/data?view=uk\n\n\n\nOnly pretentious pedants still use it as plural\nhttp://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pedant
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does which is plural because you are talking about more than one, the cat and dog are two, plural.
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Ask the experts on this field and that would be teachers/instructors who had been teaching the English Grammar for so so so long.  Better still hear them first when they talk and ask them personally of the correct usage.
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You may be responding to a MISUSE of these forms.   But, in fact, "persons" and "peoples" are both perfectly proper plural forms,  IF they are used in the right way.\n\nIn the most common use of these words, "people" acts as a plural form to a singular "person" -- "Only one person showed up."  --> "Three people were there."\n\nBUT in certain contexts, esp. in technical reports and legal language, the plural "persons" is preferred.\nExamples:\n"Alcohol Use by Persons Under the Legal Drinking Age of 21"\nhttp://oas.samhsa.gov/2k3/UnderageDrinking/UnderageDrinking.htm\n\n"Agreements will state exactly which persons or groups within the University are entitled to use a work and for what purposes."\nhttp://its.psu.edu/policies/digitalmedia/dmfaq.html#Q8\n\n----------------------------\n\nAs for "peoples"  -- there is a use of "people" as a SINGULAR noun referring to a whole group that shares a nationality, culture, etc.  When using this form, "peoples" is the correct plural form.   \n\nThs use, as defined by Merriam-Webster - "a body of persons that are united by a common culture, tradition, or sense of kinship, that typically have common language, institutions, and beliefs, and that often constitute a politically organized group"\nhttp://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?people\ncompare:\n"A body of persons sharing a common religion, culture, language, or inherited condition of life."\nhttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.asp?Word=people\n\nThus  "the peoples of Africa" is used to speak of various GROUPS (rather than the total number of people all lumped together)\n\nThis use of 'people(s)' is parallel to 'nation(s)' and 'tribe(s)'
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"The" is a definite article used before singular or plural nouns to denote specificity, particularity, or uniqueness (as opposed to using the indefinite article "a" to denote singular generality or unspecificity).
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The first error is this:\n"It's"  should be "Its"   "It's" means "It is..." which is not what you mean to say.\nNow for the others:\nthe word you would use would be "adds" which goes with the word "situation" which is singular.
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Person is singular\npeople is plural
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Both are correct English. The first would be the most common circumstance. Which is more correct would depend on the context of the situation.
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making it plural by adding "s" or "es"
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That's because words like "Chinese" do not change with a plural.  For example, "Chinese people" or "A Chinese person."  So, if you're referring to all Chinese, you could say "The Chinese," or you could say "All Chinese," something like that.  If you just say "Chinese are from China," for example, it wouldn't make sense.\n\nWith words like "American," when you have a plural form the word changes.  You could say "Americans are from America."  It makes sense grammatically.  But you could not say "American are from America."\nUsing "The" with "Americans" is optional.  It all depends on what you are trying to say :-)\n\nI hope this has made sense for you.
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Some nouns are exceptions when it comes to making them plural. These nouns are called "IRREGULAR PLURALS". When these irregular nouns become plural, their spelling changes in a different way, or "IT MIGHT NOT CHANGE AT ALL". Here are some very tricky irregular nouns.\n    \n\nSingular________Plural  \n\n\nbison___________bison  \n***buffalo______buffalo, buffaloes, buffalos  \ncorps___________corps  \ndeer____________deer  \n***fish_________fish, fishes   \nmoose___________moose                  \nseries__________series  \nsheep___________sheep  \nswine___________swine
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Hate to say this, but Americans suck at English and won't even know what a verb, participle, or preposition are!!!\n\nGive an example of what you are talking about - then maybe someone will know.
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The 2nd sentence is correct and very formal; there is something like an old subjunctive form hidden in it.\nThe 1st sentence is (informally) not incorrect and could be found in British English.