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Are these sentences both correct?

What is the plural of boy?

What is the plural to boy?

Are they interchangeable?

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Are these sentences both correct?

What is the plural of boy?

What is the plural to boy?

Are they interchangeable?

prepositions grammaticality-in-context

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edited Mar 18 at 11:32

CJ Dennis

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asked Mar 17 at 8:50

Kumar sadhuKumar sadhu

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closed as off-topic by Mari-Lou A, Hellion, Lambie, fred2, Varun Nair Mar 19 at 5:58

This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:

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Are these sentences both correct?

What is the plural of boy?

What is the plural to boy?

Are they interchangeable?

prepositions grammaticality-in-context

share|improve this question

edited Mar 18 at 11:32

CJ Dennis

1,963717

asked Mar 17 at 8:50

Kumar sadhuKumar sadhu

5441313

share|improve this question

edited Mar 18 at 11:32

CJ Dennis

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asked Mar 17 at 8:50

Kumar sadhuKumar sadhu

5441313

share|improve this question

edited Mar 18 at 11:32

CJ Dennis

1,963717

asked Mar 17 at 8:50

Kumar sadhuKumar sadhu

5441313

edited Mar 18 at 11:32

CJ Dennis

1,963717

edited Mar 18 at 11:32

CJ Dennis

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asked Mar 17 at 8:50

Kumar sadhuKumar sadhu

5441313

asked Mar 17 at 8:50

Kumar sadhuKumar sadhu

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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 Mar 17 at 8:59

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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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  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'."
  
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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”?

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 17 at 8:59

Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
  
  – Kumar sadhu
  Mar 17 at 9:32
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  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
  Mar 17 at 9:55
  

  
  
  
  


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  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
  
  – amI
  Mar 17 at 9:57
  

  
  
  
  

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 Mar 17 at 8:59

Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko

1,889521

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  But I have seen the sentence: "there is no singular to audience."
  
  – Kumar sadhu
  Mar 17 at 9:32
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  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
  Mar 17 at 9:55
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Kumar sadhu- That is not normal English. You could get away with 'for', but 'of' is preferred.
  
  – amI
  Mar 17 at 9:57
  

  
  
  
  

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 Mar 17 at 8:59

Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko

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answered Mar 17 at 8:59

Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko

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answered Mar 17 at 8:59

Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko

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answered Mar 17 at 8:59

Andrew TobilkoAndrew Tobilko

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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

answered Mar 17 at 15:55

FSCKurFSCKur

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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  +1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
  
  – fred2
  Mar 17 at 17:05
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  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
  Mar 17 at 18:17
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
  
  – FSCKur
  Mar 17 at 18:21
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

3

"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 Mar 17 at 15:55

FSCKurFSCKur

311

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  +1 for the joke in the final paragraph.
  
  – fred2
  Mar 17 at 17:05
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  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
  Mar 17 at 18:17
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  An excellent and germane clarification, thank you!
  
  – FSCKur
  Mar 17 at 18:21
  

  
  
  
  

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 Mar 17 at 15:55

FSCKurFSCKur

311

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 17 at 15:55

FSCKurFSCKur

311

answered Mar 17 at 15:55

FSCKurFSCKur

311

answered Mar 17 at 15:55

FSCKurFSCKur

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