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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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"for example" or "for examples"

Is it ever proper to start a sentence with "for examples" (plural) as opposed to "for example" (singular), even in cases in which you have more than one example? In other words, is it proper to say "For exampleS, ten thousand cats were spayed and three thousand dogs were neutered."
  

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It is possible to begin sentences with 'For examples, but not in the sense that you mean. "For exampleS, ten thousand cats were spayed and three thousand dogs were neutered" is not correct. This is possible "For examples of this construction, we need to go back to sixteenth century drama".

— Fivejedjon

  • It is possible to begin sentences with 'For examples, but not in the sense that you mean.
  • "For exampleS, ten thousand cats were spayed and three thousand dogs were neutered" is not correct.
  • This is possible "For examples of this construction, we need to go back to sixteenth century drama".
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It is possible to begin sentences with 'For examples, but not in the sense that you mean. "For exampleS, ten thousand cats were spayed and three thousand dogs were neutered" is not correct.

This is possible "For examples of this construction, we need to go back to sixteenth century drama".
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AnonymousFor exampleS, ten thousand cats were ...
Emotion: shake No. Don't do that.

CJ
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