These examples illustrate when you would want to use the singular versus plural of life: Our lives have been very different. Our life together has been very happy. In (2), I imply that we have …

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 …

A plural subject requires a plural object (lives), accordingly a singular subject requires a singular object (life). They can be used to mean one person or several people, however. So, if your …

Mar 15, 2013 · One life or many lives; one boyfriend or many boyfriends; one college or many colleges. I think the intended meaning is "many" in all three of your examples, so I'd use plural …

Mar 14, 2015 · The plural noun with the apostrophe after the suffix -s; i.e. lives' They imagined it as a time for reflection and recollection of their lives' work and their relationship together. …

It should be noted that there are wide variations in singular vs. plural usage among English speakers, even apart from any intended difference in meaning. Speakers from the UK are …

Jul 13, 2020 · In the phrase "Black Lives Matter", "black" isn't a noun. It's a poetic side-step by making "black" an adjective. It lends description to the type of life. What life? Black life. The …

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 …

Feb 15, 2016 · Everyone else's life would be correct. In this case everyone is a singular pronoun. (See this explanation of everyone being singular.) Else is just a determiner used after …

Nov 28, 2013 · Which is correct: "everyone's life" or "everyone's lives"? I know that when the pronoun everyone is used as a subject, it takes singular verb agreement (as in the sentence …