Are a good example vs. are good examples

Hi,

A. Your sentences are a good example.

B. Your sentences are good examples.

1. Which of the sentences above is correct? Both are grammatical.

2. Can I say A to mean that the example sentences are taken collectively as one example? I supose so, although without a context I'd have to think about your meaning for a moment. Clear

Thank you so much for your helpful explanation.

5. I thought up another examples below. I believe all are again all grammatically correct as my previous examples. Please confirm.
6. However, I believe C is the most natural to say or write. Would you agree?


C. Diamonds are girls' best friend.
D. Diamonds are a girls' best friend.
E.

Hi,

5. I thought up another examples below. I believe all are again all grammatically correct as my previous examples. Please confirm.

6. However, I believe C is the most natural to say or write. Would you agree? No, D. Actually, it's a famous line from a song made famous by Marilyn Monroe. Have a look here at the complete lyrics.

Again, thank you very much for your clarification. I see D is the most natural and is a famous line from Marilyn Monroe's song. Thank you for that added info.

F. Diamonds are a girl's best friends. "best" means only one, even though in casual conversation, plurals are used after superlatives.
Plural "friends" here implies that there are individual diamonds which are her friends; the singular means "any and all diamonds, no matter which one."


8. In another example, I believe the following are the most natural. Please con

Thank you very much, AlpheccaStars, for answering all my questions. I believe I understand it now with just this little confusion:

Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
Dogs are a man's best best friend.

12. I wonder why the first sentence is natural with the article 'a' while the second one is not natural if it has an article. P

Hi Clive,

Would you mind commenting on my previous post? I would very much appreciate your thoughts on this, please. Thanks.

Hi AlpheccaStars,

How are you? I hope all is well.
Could you comment on my latest questions as well, should you happen to have a chance? Thanks.

Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
Dogs are man's best best friend.

12. I wonder why the first sentence is natural with the article 'a' while the second one is not natural if it has an article.

In the first sentence, "a girl" means "any girl"- it can be Maria or Sue or Jane. Just one girl, but any one girl in the whole world. Every girl loves diamonds because they repre

Ah, I can see now the difference and the reasons. Thank you very much for that clear explanation. That was really helpful indeed.