Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. “A life well lived” is a classic saying found in many obituaries and the singular goal that a lot of ...
EurekAlert!: MSU study: What defines a life well-lived? Obituaries may have the answers.
Obituaries function as time capsules that reflect what people, at any given moment in history, understand to be a life well-lived. By studying how obituaries evolve across time and context, we can ...
MSU study: What defines a life well-lived? Obituaries may have the answers.
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Here are thousands of instances of "our life is short", and I seriously doubt many of them are specific to the lives of, say, a couple living together. It's perfectly normal to refer to human lives collectively in the singular.
When to use "lives" as a plural of life? - English Language & Usage ...
A plural subject requires a plural object (lives), accordingly a singular subject requires a singular object (life). They can be used to mean one person or several people, however. So, if your intention is to refer to an individual who lost his or her life whilst saving the lives of more than one others, then the second is correct and the first incorrect. They is singular in this context, so ...