Number

Glossary

Number is the grammatical feature which signifies whether one (singular) or more (plural) participants are indicated by a word.

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1. If a word’s grammatical number is singular, it denotes one participant.
2. If a word’s grammatical number is plural, it denotes more than one participant.
3. A collective noun has the grammatical feature of singular yet refers to a group.
4. The grammatical number of a verb usually agrees with the number of it’s subject.