smallcaps says that 'wholes' is a word. I disagree, and have Google and dictionary.com to back me up. I have asked her to use the word in a sentence, and she has failed so far
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I did too use it in a sentence, but here are some more:
"Individual citizens of the EU have their own opinions on X, but taking the countries as wholes..." "Billy-Bob counts by part-harvests but I prefer to count 'em by wholes..." "If you type 'wholes' too many times it starts to look really stupid." <=- okay that one doesn't count.
However you may be right that it is not officially a word! I am still going to continue to use it.
Adding to this...just because a word is used on the internet does not make it a word. 'Fuck' would be accepted in Lexicon because it is in the OED. 'Wholes' is most definitely not in the OED.
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You have impugned me on the internet, woman! It is so on.
'Wholes' is an abstract plural noun, as in the book title Plato on Parts and Wholes: the metaphysics of structure
I did too use it in a sentence, but here are some more:
"Individual citizens of the EU have their own opinions on X, but taking the countries as wholes..."
"Billy-Bob counts by part-harvests but I prefer to count 'em by wholes..."
"If you type 'wholes' too many times it starts to look really stupid." <=- okay that one doesn't count.
However you may be right that it is not officially a word! I am still going to continue to use it.
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Therefore it was not allowed in the game in question.
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On the other hand, neither is plural of meal.
It appears to just not list plural forms.
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