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Apparatus (band), an electro-industrial group active during the nineties; Apparatus, 1995 release by the band Apparatus; Apparatus, an academic journal on film; In gymnastics, any of the individual events, or the equipment used in performing the event; A piece of laboratory equipment; in anatomy, a group of organs, see Apparatus (anatomy)
The plural may be used to emphasise the plurality of the attribute, especially in British English but very rarely in American English: a careers advisor, a languages expert. The plural is also more common with irregular plurals for various attributions: women killers are women who kill, whereas woman killers are those who kill women.
Examples are stewardi (supposed plural of stewardess) and Elvi (as a plural for Elvis imitators). The Toyota corporation has determined that their Prius model should have the plural form Prii, even though the Latin word prius has a plural priora, the Lada Priora having prior claim to that name—though the common plural is "Priuses".
The plural (sometimes abbreviated as pl., pl, or PL), in many languages, is one of the values of the grammatical category of number.
The quantity of apples is marked on the noun—"apple" singular number (one item) vs. "apples" plural number (more than one item)—on the demonstrative, that/those, and on the verb, is/are. In the second sentence, all this information is redundant, since quantity is already indicated by the numeral two.
In British English (BrE), collective nouns can take either singular (formal agreement) or plural (notional agreement) verb forms, according to whether the emphasis is on the body as a whole or on the individual members respectively; compare a committee was appointed with the committee were unable to agree.
Locking forceps, sometimes called clamps, are used to grasp and firmly hold objects or body tissues, or to apply external compression onto tubular structures such as blood vessels or intestines.
Bar (establishment) (plural bars), a retail establishment that serves alcoholic beverages; Bar (disambiguation), plural form of various other things; Dessert bar, a confection that has the texture of a firm cake or soft cookie; Parallel bars, apparatus in men's gymnastics; Uneven bars, apparatus in women's gymnastics