Plural vs Neutral - What's the difference?
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Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
* Shakespeare
(comparable) Pluralistic.
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(grammar): a word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.
Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
Favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased.
* Shaftesbury
(grammar) Neither positive nor negative.
Neither beneficial nor harmful.
* Sir J. Davies
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, title= (biology) Having no sex; neuter.
Having no obvious colour; gray
(physics) Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.
(chemistry) Having a pH near 7, neither acidic nor alkaline.
A nonaligned state, or a member of such a state.
A person who takes no side in a dispute.
An individual or entity serving as an arbitrator or adjudicator (jargon / legal).
A neutral hue.
The position of a set of gears in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism.
An electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground.
In grammar terms the difference between plural and neutral
is that plural is : a word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form while neutral is neither positive nor negative.plural
English
(wikipedia plural)Alternative forms
*Adjective
(more)- Plural faith, which is too much by one.
Synonyms
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(en noun)Usage notes
* Many languages have singular and plural forms for one item or more than one item. Some have a singular form for one, dual form for two, trial form for three, paucal form for several, and plural for more than two (e.g., Arabic, Fijian). * While the plural form generally refers to two or more persons or things, that is not always the case. The plural form is often used for zero persons or things, for fractional things in a quantity greater than one, and for people or things when the quantity is unknown. * In English, the plural is most often formed simply by adding the letter "s" to the end of a noun, e.g. apple/apples. There are many exceptions, however, such as echo/echoes, mouse/mice, child/children, deer/deer (same word), etc.Antonyms
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English
(wikipedia neutral)Adjective
(en adjective)- The heart can not possibly remain neutral , but constantly takes part one way or the other.
- Some things good, and some things ill, do seem, / And neutral some, in her fantastic eye.
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Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.