Word: plurality
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...made me believe that designers like Kors emerged from some “Brave New World”-esque spawning place, where they were genetically engineered to live off lettuce and cigarettes and react violently to the use of the word “pant” in its plural form. Yet seeing Joan Kors standing right next to her son seemed like irrefutable proof of the fact that such creatures are, indeed, of woman born—until, that is, the extreme resemblance in looks and dress between the two led me to entertain a new theory of reproduction...
...never done. Even though the church has not allowed members to have multiple wives since 1890, that's not how it comes across on TV, in books or even in the courts. The popular HBO series Big Love shows a Utah family trying to "live the principle" of plural marriage; at the end of every episode, the network's defensive disclaimer informs the audience that the Mormon church, in fact, rejects polygamy. Similarly, the nonfiction best seller Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer chronicles shocking murders within a Mormon splinter group, though it was probably lost on many...
Sprawled along Memorial Stadium’s side streets were dozens of RVs, each equipped with televisions (plural) broadcasting every nationally televised football game. Ohiri dwellers often don’t even know the score of the Harvard-Yale game, much less the play-by-play of the early SEC game...
...powerful and populous Senate (think the Faculty of Arts and Sciences) would let consuls (think Core Committee) elect a dictator (think successful administrator) with a specific agenda (think Core reform) and a rigid timetable. Paradoxically, in order to preserve the Republic’s freedom, the republican principles of plural collegiality and responsibility needed to be abandoned. By most accounts, the system succeeded in saving the Republic from external invaders and internal rebellions alike. According to legend, Cincinnatus was plowing his field when called to dictatorship, an activity that he blissfully resumed after having saved the Republic. In view...
...administration may have to move beyond strongly worded missives. In the meantime, someone has to figure this out: Is it Minuteman or Minutemen? (Or, perhaps, Two-Pump Chump?) The groups's official name is the Minuteman Project, singular, but their troops are collectively known as the Minutemen, plural. The Spec has used both, with no clear rhyme or reason, and it's time to standardize for the sake of style mavens everywhere...