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 (DIR) Post #Aq6VQr3tCIt5fbyjse by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-01-15T10:52:26Z
       
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       I'm sick of making noun plural. Noun sound better when you don't bother I think.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aq6VtoepDPzSby45A0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-01-15T10:57:39Z
       
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       In particular making noun plural when talking about a category in general eg:"Birds can fly" vs. "Bird can fly"Only if you are talking about a set of particular multiple bird does it sound best to make it plural. "There are three birds. Bird are majestic animal."It just seems like you have to add "s" way to often and it is exhausting.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aq6WYKkhJ7H3jc8F4C by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
       2025-01-15T11:04:54Z
       
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       @futurebird Some people just don't know how to noun.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aq6WbfgxuUHhXyygUK by waitworry@sakurajima.moe
       2025-01-15T11:05:33Z
       
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       @futurebird Japanese has no plural forms and it gets by just fine without them
       
 (DIR) Post #Aq6XIshHQvLqKkjGPw by kechpaja@social.kechpaja.com
       2025-01-15T11:13:20Z
       
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       @futurebird While not typical in English, using the singular for a generic statement would not be odd cross-linguistically. I unfortunately don't have anything like actual typological statistics at my fingertips though.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aq6XKwSqOjrKb2xXge by chris@abraham.su
       2025-01-15T11:13:44Z
       
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       @futurebirdSounds like gender pronoun advice. I don't know anymore.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aq6XnLxvB84bnO2j7A by kechpaja@social.kechpaja.com
       2025-01-15T11:18:49Z
       
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       @futurebird (Plural marking after an explicit number word is also not a given even in languages with a grammatical plural. E.g. Hungarian uses singular nouns with explicit numbers; the plural would be incorrect.)
       
 (DIR) Post #Aq6bNGDYKHL8FxATZI by clayfoot@mastodon.social
       2025-01-15T11:58:58Z
       
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       @futurebird > "Bird can fly"Reactions:"Yes, Larry Bird really flies down the court."-or-"Those Bird scooters are quick indeed"It sounds like the name of a person or company or a service, instead of the generic animal or object. So, then you have to specify "the bird" or something to clarify the generic noun, which is also done.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aq6bcXTESjZa6omrz6 by llewelly@sauropods.win
       2025-01-15T12:01:46Z
       
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       @futurebird the ancients did vowel changes for plurals. Maybe that could make a come back. goose => geesefoot  => feetmouse => mice orod  => ered
       
 (DIR) Post #Aq6cO2bYWX6AHSKbKK by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-01-15T12:10:21Z
       
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       @llewelly nouns ==> nomen
       
 (DIR) Post #Aq6cx0LCvqD1OZM9q4 by guyjantic@infosec.exchange
       2025-01-15T12:16:37Z
       
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       @futurebird me at concert, from back grassy area: THREE BIRD!!!(Me adding important intellectual content to this thread)(Me wishing this comment required more plural noun so I could be cool also)
       
 (DIR) Post #Aq6poS4NlcK0Bxjqsq by bucknam@mastodon.social
       2025-01-15T14:40:45Z
       
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       @futurebird when we would hike in the mountains my parents would tell us to watch out for moose. I’d ask “which moose?” To which my brother would say “watch out for the meese,” which seemed like an acceptable plural for moose to a five year-old.