Example sentence using "furnitures (plural)"

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"Furniture" is a collective noun, so basically it is used in the singular form: "Your furniture is beautiful".
However, just like "people" can be plural depending on what is means: "There are many different kinds of peoples in the world", I am thinking of an example sentence in which "furnitures" can be used.

Is it correct to say,
"He designed not only the bedroom furniture but all the other kinds of furnitures in this hotel: bathroom, hall, lobby, and kitchen furnitures."??

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

To be idiomatic both of your examples should be in the singular.

There are many different kinds of people in the world.
He designed all the other kinds of furniture in this hotel.

"peoples" means ethnic groups or nations.
I can't imagine how "furnitures" could be used at all.

CJ

Kenkenken9876 · Answer

Thanks CJ for your comment.

About "furnitures", I found a facebook page where "furnitures" is used:
https://www.facebook.com/hazenkampfurnitures

So, at least, in some sense, there should be an example sentence in which the plural form sounds natural, I think.
I hope you can also give me some simple example sentence where "people" can sound better than "people".
Thank you.

CalifJim · Answer

kenkenken9876example sentence where "people" can sound better than "people"

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where "peoples" sounds better than "people"?

Here's a Google search of "the native peoples of". https://www.google.com/#q=%22the+native+peoples+of%22

Your example of "furnitures" comes from a foreign source, namely, the Netherlands. The national language of the Netherlands is not English, so that cannot be accepted as a good source for learning English.

CJ

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