Word: pluralize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stating that signed pieces are the opinions of the authors alone. Despite this, I agree with Kaufman's premise that all on the masthead bear some responsibility for being associated with a publication that would allow a writer to speak for all of them by using the first person plural...
...issue of blacks, Buchanan asserted in 1972 that "the ship of integration is going down. It's not our ship." By speaking in the first-person plural, Buchanan is exhibiting a detachment from black citizens. The cause, one for which the fight continues, is not his. This is a frightening fact--that the push for racial integration is not a goal of a political leader. That this unconstitutional mindframe can appeal to a portion of the populace bears testimony to the erosion of America's social values. Where are the counter-attacks to his monstrous assertions...
...mentioned off-hand they weren'trespectful of her privacy, and they hadn't beenconsiderate," said the sophomore who knew Ho. "Shesaid her roommates played music too loud and wereinconsiderate." The sophomore added that Horeferred to her roommates in the plural form,although Ho's suite was only a double...
...frazzled stewardesses rushed to calm the masses. With Elvis (plural) finally reseated, they gladly prepared the plane for landing in Boston. From here, the Elvises apparently continued on to Memphis for a further display of this cross-cultural convergence...
...most of the crowd crying, then cheering the big and earnest one-armed man onstage. "When You Can't Come Back" was his title, and he talked about God and Jesus, telling some awkward jokes with punch lines like, "She is the wind beneath my wing . . . singular, not plural, get it?" Another video introduced Mary Lou Retton, reminding the crowd of the spunky kid from West Virginia who in 1984 became, against all odds, the first American woman to win an individual Olympic gold medal in gymnastics. "For me," she said, "the word team stands for Together Everyone Achieves More...