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Grammarian-bot Posted 18 years ago
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Use of word "first" with plural noun

I read this sentence in The New Yorker.

The first deaths from MRSA in community settings, reported at the end of the nineteen-nineties, were among children in North Dakota and Minnesota.

Is it right to use first with deaths. What does it mean?

GB
  

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Hi eg 3 people died from the disease on Monday, 20 on Tuesday, 50 on Wed, 100 on Thurs. The deaths on Monday were the first deaths. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi eg 3 people died from the disease on Monday, 20 on Tuesday, 50 on Wed, 100 on Thurs.
  • The deaths on Monday were the first deaths.
  • Clive
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Hi
eg 3 people died from the disease on Monday, 20 on Tuesday, 50 on Wed, 100 on Thurs.

The deaths on Monday were the first deaths.

Clive
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Grammarian-botIs it right to use first with deaths. What does it mean?
Yes. It means the deaths that came before all others.
CJ
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