- When to use lives as a plural of life?
I am confused when talking about a general idea using "our life" when sometimes I feel like using "our lives" Please tell me the correct answer with appropriate explanation
- lifes lives - WordReference Forums
Is it that clear? I agree that "still lifes" is the correct form, but I can't help but think it still gives one pause before actually deciding on which one is correct (like the mouse-mice quandry) The half-life of an isotope gives me less pause: I go to "half-lives of isotopes" pretty easily without thinking much about it
- nouns - Can you use a plural of Life as Lifes when using as Lifes . . .
In the phrase "life boat", life in a nominal adjective: a noun acting as a description of the type of boat In that case, "life" will never be plural Two of the life boats sank Life alert systems are important in home health care The plural of life (lives) will certainly be used in many instances, but always as a noun and not an adjective Many lives were saved by other emergency boats
- Why is the plural form of life lives, while the plural form of . . .
A still life (plural still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on)
- What does lifes a beach mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It's a riff on the phrase "life's a bitch" (meaning life can be difficult and unpleasant) which turns it around into a positive "Life's a beach" means that, at that moment at least, life was nothing but wonderful for David Beckham and Sofia Vergara Think about beaches: sun, sand, water, beautiful people in bathing suits you get the idea
- Which one is correct-life or lives? [closed]
I am not sure about what is correct use of words in the following line: They lost their lives saving our lives or They lost their life saving our lives
- What is the origin of the phrase Lifes a (bitch|beach)?
Conclusions The print record for "life is a bitch" may go farther back than 1940, but I couldn't find any thing older than the instance from Langston Hughes, cited in the OP's question On the other hand, English translations of French works using the expression "bitch of a life" go back at least to 1845, in a translation of Eugène Sue's Latréaumont And it seems to me to be at least
- Using Life or Lives - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Well, first of all I'd suggest to use Google Books, because it refers to books published and edited, a much more educated environment than vanilla Google You'll find that: "your professional lives" About 13,500 results "your professional life" About 295,000 results "your personal and professional lives" About 9,960 results "your personal and professional life" About 54,200 results Thus the
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