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Questions tagged [parenthetical-plural]

A parenthetical plural is formed when an "(s)" is tacked onto a singular nouns. The purpose is to indicate that the statement applies to one or more members of the category. Common in legal documents, contracts, etc.

Source: Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage By Bryan A. Garner

An example of this is:

Will the person(s) responsible please report to the front office.

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How to deal with unknown plurality

I have just seen the following sentence fragment in some new internal technical documentation: ... thereby meaning the Logging thread(s) ha(s/ve) less work to do. I've highlighted the part this question is about. This pattern appears a number of…
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How can I say Coaching in plural?

So I've been googling for a while and I see that there are sources who says "Coaching" in plural is "Coachings" and other sources says that "Coachings" is a typo error. These are the sources who says it's a correct…
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Plural by adding (s)

Is it okay to say Their aim is to find which element(s) of the input has(ve) the genuine impact on the output. My question is concerned with the plural of element(s) and has(ve).
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How to write a technical requirement covering both singular and plural

I have a requirement: The system shall store errors. I want the requirement to be true if there are one or more errors. Is this the case for the above, in regards to grammar/english language and writing rules etc? (This is a very high level…
CKA
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