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Bookmark or Share- in our life vs. in our lives? - WordReference ForumsIf you use "life", you are using the uncountable noun meaning "the state and experience of being alive". This is something that we all share, as in "Life is wonderful". If you use the plural form, you are speaking of the separate lives of individuals, as in "The lives of the peasants were filled with hard work." (crossposted)
- Does it effect me? vs. Does it affect me? - WordReference ForumsYour question is too wide. I think you have to decide whether you want to talk about the two nouns or the two verbs. Instead of us inventing examples, it would be easir for you to find real-life examples and then ask us questions about them. Otherwise we are simply writing an essay for you to read. You could start with the two sentences you ...
- sport life or sports life | WordReference ForumsIn English, at least BE, we say "to have/stick to/follow an active sports lifestyle". There is a Wikipedia article on active lifestyle: Active living - Wikipedia article but this is written by a Canadian, (who use a slightly different phrase).
- Still lifes versus still lives? - WordReference ForumsIn the noun "still life" life is not use in the sense that has a plural (as in "people's lives") but means "something that has life" or "a form of life" (e.g. "bacteria are a lower form of life"). In this sense life doesn't have a plural: we don't call forms of life (living things) lives .
- Plonk (derogatory word for a policewoman) - WordReference ForumsI still think plonker to plonk is a leap. John Sullivan's Rodney-the-Plonker reference probably stemmed from the earlier plonker/penis slang, and as such was intended as a more socially-acceptable version of 'wanker.' Rather like a minced oath.
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