pluralize

How To Use pluralize In A Sentence

• Abbreviations with periods take ‘s when pluralized, which is probably because they look more awkward without apostrophes: Preposterous Apostrophes II: Pluralization « Motivated Grammar
• My biggest beef, though, is with the erroneous use of apostrophes to pluralize acronyms and abbreviations like CEOs, GIs, and CDs.
• If the compound is pluralized, the plural morpheme attaches only to the second element, not to the first, or to both: girl-friends, * girls-friends, * girls-friend.
• Contemporary Western feminist theory in the 1980s moved beyond the dialogues that sought to differentiate feminisms from each other and instead began to articulate a more pluralized notion of feminism at its core.
• I’ve seen the term pluralized with any possible combination of added s’s — including weapons system — with the most common being weapons systems. Word Court
• For the record, it's also not correct to use apostrophes to pluralize decades. Apostrophe Castastrophe
• Let me outline this in the form of two simple propositions: Modernity pluralizes the lifeworlds of individuals and consequently undermines all taken-for-granted certainties.
• Singularization and Pluralization of Names: The LLBLGen Pro designer now singularizes and pluralizes names for entities, fields, etc. based on a plug-in based system.
• In the past, we have avoided referring to the Toyota Prius in the plural, as there was no comfortable way to pluralize the car name. Buzzword: Toyota Prius + Prius = Prii
• Several times the subject of that moment when his little girl was pluralized in fear by the fighter planes has arisen and I always mention he should imagine the fear if the bombs had been real. Matthew Yglesias » Ground Attack