Talk:Singular Instead of Plural
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::I'd call it a separate joke, assuming there are enough such instances. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 10:46, 6 March 2009 (UTC) | ::I'd call it a separate joke, assuming there are enough such instances. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 10:46, 6 March 2009 (UTC) | ||
:::I didn't mean for my two examples necessarily to both be "times"; those were just the two I had handy. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:46, 6 March 2009 (UTC) | :::I didn't mean for my two examples necessarily to both be "times"; those were just the two I had handy. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:46, 6 March 2009 (UTC) | ||
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+ | It could be reference to several things. IE: All Your Base, Pokemon, Digimon, etc. However in the extent of Pokemon and Digimon, these two words cannot have an S at the end as they are already plural. However, I don't even know the correct name of such words, where no S is needed as the word is already plural. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 14:16, 19 May 2009 (UTC) |
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I already have the "a color" picture saved to my computer. I hope to fill in the corners and upload it tomorrow. BBG 04:37, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Shouldn't datum (instead of data) be included here? 24.176.17.34 05:51, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
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I can think of a few examples of plural nouns being used where singular (or uncountable) nouns should be used instead: "I say, monstrosity, do you know the times?", "I was an answering machine, this whole times!" Should those be added to the page, and if so, should the page be renamed? — It's dot com 22:37, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Possibly. I think that's more notable than just that they're the word "times" (referring to the times page). Dunno what to call it in that case, though. -132.183.138.223 23:57, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- I'd call it a separate joke, assuming there are enough such instances. — Defender1031*Talk 10:46, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- I didn't mean for my two examples necessarily to both be "times"; those were just the two I had handy. — It's dot com 20:46, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- I'd call it a separate joke, assuming there are enough such instances. — Defender1031*Talk 10:46, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Although very likely a joke...
It could be reference to several things. IE: All Your Base, Pokemon, Digimon, etc. However in the extent of Pokemon and Digimon, these two words cannot have an S at the end as they are already plural. However, I don't even know the correct name of such words, where no S is needed as the word is already plural. ColdReactive 14:16, 19 May 2009 (UTC)