can we use plural of FOLLOWING?

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01cite10Jackson661212cite11b11font12font12b12br
11b10The 11i11font10followings12font12i10 are my suggestions.12b12br
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10Better:02br
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0 1,400 from bbc.co.uk for "The following are"02br
00 3 from bbc.co.uk for "The followings are"02br
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00 Clear enough? 0-

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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite101,400 from bbc.co.uk for "The following are"12br
103 from bbc.co.uk for "The followings are"12br
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10Clear enough? 12br
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10Dear Marius,02br
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00What does that mean?0-

0 The Google hits at the BBC site for the two expressions. Think more. 0-

0 I still couldn't get your point. I will be grateful if you can give a straightforward answer. 0-

0 When 1,400 people on an educated site (such as the BBC) are using one construction, and 3 the other, which construction do you think is correct, as seen by the majority? 0-

0Hello...02br
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00According to my Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, "following" is usually singualar. It means that it may appear in a plural form, but it is very rare. So, it is safer to use it in the singular form.0-

0Dear Marius,02br
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00How did you get those numbers 1,400 and 3 from BBC?0-

0 Go to Google:02br
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01font00site:bbc.co.uk "The following are"02br
00(the quotation marks are important)02br
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00 The Google engine would then go through the BBC site pages and look for 02br
00 "The following are

0 One of the problems with Google searches is that the search phrase may have repeated site listings gathered from different search engines. It is not an absolute method for establishing this sort of thing.0-