#singular vs plural

[mx-lamour]

We earnestly should bring back thou/thy/thine pronouns. (Also thee and ye.)

[marmota-b]

Wrong use of plurals is probably my biggest linguistic pet peeve, this one included.

hi your local jew here reminding you that cherubim, seraphim, nephilim, and words of that nature ARE PLURAL and therefore should not be used to refer to a singular one of these creatures like i see every day of my g-dforsaken life

a single instance would be referred to as a cherub, a seraph, a nephil, et cetera

these words originated from hebrew, and in hebrew -im and -ot are our plural endings. so if you say, like, nephilim in order to refer to a single nephil, it’s like you’re saying “look, a dogs!” it just doesn’t match up and you look really silly

goyim you can reblog please do so to spare yourselves and your friends from this thing that i legitimately see everywhere i turn

[sysig]

Hey, hey! RnR not requested! (Patreon)

[pagesofkenna]

no shade intended but it's honestly very hot that, despite Schaubach misusing the die(singular)/dice(plural) noun form in the game system bts earlier, 5 minutes into the episode Brennan is using the correct form

[roseofhybrids]

greetings unsuspecting followers and mutuals

it is time for me to info dump about the Latin language because if I had to learn how Latin declensions work

so must everyone else

@electronix-arts knowledge upon thee

Latin is what's called a highly inflected language, meaning that the endings of words will change a lot depending on its grammar

English does not do this nearly as much as language like Latin and German

for example, if you say: "the dog bit the cat" that sentence means that the dog was the one doing the biting, and the cat was the one receiving

but if you change it to: "the cat bit the dog" now the cat is the one doing the biting, and the dog is the one receiving the bite

in Latin you could translate that first sentence as: "canis felem momordi" whereas the second sentence would instead be: "canem feles momordi"

the word order is the same, but who is doing the biting has been flipped feles canem momordi canem momordi feles they all mean the same thing

there is a preferred word order, but it doesn't matter as much as in English for example, in my experience, a lot of sentences will end with "est" despite that being the word for "is" "the dog is white" "canis ablus est"

I'll use Ursus (bear) for this next example for a noun like "ursus" the ending changes depending on if it's nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, or vocative Latin is a gender language too, so it also changes depending on whether it's masculine or feminine is also changes depending on if it's singular or plural

there's also a neuter case, which in theory one could attempt to use if they don't know the gender to want to be vague on purpose

But it wasn't really used in this manner, typically a word would just be in 1 of 5 declensions each with its own endings, unless it's in first or third (masculine, feminine) in which case you could use either depending on the subject If it's a word that's in first or third and an unknown gender or a group of mixed gender, then you just default to first the word for friend is amicus/amica a group of all guy friends would be amici a group of all girl friends would be amicae a group of guy and girl friends would be amici

that's 24 possible endings for 1 noun

do not get me started on the fuckin verb declension I mean, just look at this:

[marmota-b]

We Czechs suffer the same pains every time someone says/writes "kolaches". The S is redundant, you fools!

I suppose I will have to think of it as "pocketses", that should calm down my linguistic seething somewhat...

ONE PIERÓG, YOU FOOLS.

[coquelicoq]

new pronunciation poll! this one is about everyone's favorite word, data. things to keep in mind:

this poll aims to capture your pronunciation of the word "data" when used to mean "information" or "facts". that is, don't answer based on how you pronounce the name of the Star Trek character!

don't overthink the phonetic spellings i've used. i'm really just looking for how you pronounce the first vowel sound - is it the vowel in 'day' or the vowel in 'cat'?

i am also interested to know whether, when "data" is the subject of a verb, you conjugate that verb in the singular or in the plural. examples:

the data is stored (singular) vs. the data are stored (plural)

the data was collected (singular) vs. the data were collected (plural)

the data says (singular) vs. the data say (plural)

the data looks like (singular) vs. the data look like (plural)

[npdemu]

we need to bring back thee/thou or whatever cause whenever i'm calling my friend and they say 'you' i always think it's referring to the current fronter even though most of the time they are using it in a plural/collective sense

[daddy-ul]

I know I'm not posting much lately but I started a new job and--yeah

And it's not that I don't think abt Metallica, it's more like that my thoughts go like

"king nothing > memory. Which is not a unpopular opinion, per se, but like. Memory won the continuity live war till 2023. What a world we live in"

And

"WELCOME TO THIS LIFE

BORN INTO THE FIGHT

HERE TO CLAIM YOUR DREAM

Dreams..... No?

Dream SIGULAR. I forgot that it was singular, I sang it plural, here to claim your dreams. Usually in English don't you say "claim your dreamS"? Ohhhhhh, but it's singular bc for james it can't be anything else.

>>>>>'there was no plan b. Plan b, c, d was making plan a work'

This is autobiographical as UN1, which also starts with birth seen as something immediately difficult. But screaming Suicide is more Abt yourself -you, your voice- and something external giving you a hand; while UN1 is others, what others do to you-- till it transforms you"

[whenpushkincomestoshove]

Potentially unpopular opinion given that misspelling words is treated as a crime (and y'all know that it is)

But I would rather deal with a world of spelling errors than to have to constantly fight "auto correct" just to say what i want to say.

[unproduciblesmackdown]

Will Roland as Uncle Peenie as a Virgin Mary Dancer (from the 2015 8th annual show)

[baroquepopcorn]

I say it because I’m a pedant who believes English should have a distinction between second person singular and plural. “You guys” is too clunky and gendered, thou/thee and exclusively plural you is never coming back, y’all is simple, elegant, well-known, understandable, unambiguous, and rolls off the tongue

Y’all should use y’all

If w’all use y’all, w’all will make English better

Reblog if you say "Y'all"

[thedbahub]

Singular vs. Plural Table Names in SQL Server: Best Practices.

A table naming convention is a systematic way of naming the tables in a database. The goal is to make the table’s purpose clear, concise, and easily understandable. There are two primary schools of thought when it comes to naming tables: using singular names (e.g., User, Order, Product) and using plural names (e.g., Users, Orders, Products). Each approach has its proponents and its…

[a-boy-too-weird]

As someone who's still learning English.

Why "they are" is still singular and nobody though about using "they is". Also "you is" could be singular and "you are" plural.

Am I the only one thinking it?

[raconabhorrent]

me when ppl say words wrong or use a word or term thinking it means something else and i can't correct them cus i don't want to be rude and/or they just won't care

like i know that "caramel" vs "carmel" is a regional thing here in North America but??? Carmel means "plantation" or "orchard" in Hebrew?!!? guys it's not burnt sugar please /hj

[candythemew]

Very epic. Reblogging for others and potential future use.

Folks, friends, y’all…. esk*mo is a slur. I understand a lot of people don’t know that, I don’t want to be a dick about it, but I’ve been seeing it in fics. Wanna write “esk*mo kisses”? Just say “nuzzled noses” or something.

I’m not here to call anybody out, it’s been in multiple fics, I’m not vague posting. This is just a psa. 👍🏻