Halves is the plural of half.
Two example sentences are:
The repairman glued the two halves back together.
He halves the pie equally.
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames or clarifies another noun. For example: "My brother, a skilled guitarist, is performing tonight." Another example is: "The city of Paris, the capital of France, is known for its art and culture." These sentences effectively combine two ideas by using an appositive to provide additional information.
The plural form of "half" is "halves." This follows the irregular pluralization pattern in English, where the "f" changes to "v" before adding the "-es" ending. Therefore, one half becomes two halves.
Two half-lives refer to two complete cycles of decay in a substance, where each half-life is the time it takes for half of the original amount to decay. Thus, the total time for two half-lives is simply twice the duration of one half-life. For example, if one half-life is 5 years, then two half-lives would equal 10 years.
An example of the split-half method of reliability is splitting a test into two parts by a specific area, then administering the entire test to a class. The score is then calculated for each previously identified area and the correlation is determined between the two.
Plural of abacus: abaci or abacuses.
The plural of spy is spies.Two example sentences are:All the spies were caught and executed.He illegally spies on his neighbour.
The plural of torpedo is torpedoes.Some example sentences are:Two torpedoes hit the ship.Fire all the torpedoes now!
The plural of studio is studios.Two example sentences for studios are:We are recording the film across two studios.They will build new recording studios.
The plural of hero is heroes.Two example sentences with the word heroes are:The two police officers were hailed as heroes for their actions.Every nation has their own historical heroes.
The plural of box is boxes.Some example sentences for "boxes" are:Cats are known to love cardboard boxes,Pass me those boxes, please.
The plural of mosquito is mosquitoes.Two example sentences with the word mosquitoes are:There are mosquitoes everywhere outside.Mosquitoes can carry diseases in warmer climates.
The plural of loaf is loaves.Two example sentences for "loaves" are:Please pick up two loaves of bread from the shop.The delivery driver loaded the loaves of bread into his lorry.
The plural of the word boat is boats.Some example sentences with "boats" in them are:The boats on the lake were very colourful.They watched as the boats disappeared into the horizon.
The plural of the word wish is wishes.Some example sentences are:She wishes that she never met him.I was granted three wishes by a talking dog.
The plural of bus is buses.Some example sentences for "buses" are:The buses have been late all week.He couldn't remember which one of the buses he needed to get.
The plural of the word house is houses.Some example sentences with "houses" are:We have looked at so many different houses today.All of the houses on the street looked abandoned.
The plural of penny is pennies.Some example sentences with "pennies" are:She dropped the pennies all over the floor.He paid for the fare in pennies, much to the driver's annoyance.