Talk:series

What is the plural of "Series"?

Series. -Silence 15:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

there {has been - is} a series

According to Garner's fourth edition

Common nouns of multitude:  lot, flood, handful, majority, mass, minority, multitude, percentage, proportion, variety.
Though serving as a plural when the need arises, series is ordinarily a singular <the series is quite popular>. But it is also a noun of multitude, so that phrases such as a series of things take a plural verb.
The collocation there {has been - is} a series has predominated over there {have been - are} a series, respectively.

Should it be mentioned? --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:22, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

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The "adjective" series#Adjective, is not an adjective, but attributive as far as I can see. Terms like pre-series, in series and series-wound all come from the noun. I suggest moving the content (including the diagram) to the noun as an attributive sense. DonnanZ (talk) 12:27, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

The given usex "You have to connect the lights in series for them to work properly" is clearly not adjectival, though it is possible to find e.g. "a series connection" (attributive argument might still apply). Equinox ◑ 13:11, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes, the usex would be more appropriate at in series. DonnanZ (talk) 13:33, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

However, Donnanz, since series (noun) has 8 senses and connection (noun) has 11 senses, shouldn't we keep this, because non-electricians might not understand "series connection"? (your usual SoP logic) Equinox ◑ 20:14, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

As I said above "I suggest moving the content (including the diagram) to the noun as an attributive sense." So yes, we should keep it, but under a different heading. I could have moved it, but that would have left no content for the "adjective". DonnanZ (talk) 08:08, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

As stated, the existing example, "connect the lights in series", is obviously not adjectival. Collins Dictionary lists an adjective sense with examples "a series circuit" and "a series generator". I couldn't find any other dictionaries that do. I am sceptical that these are true adjectival uses. I think they are attributive uses of the noun. Delete, but the electronics sense does merit separate mention in the noun section. Mihia (talk) 18:20, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

• Deleted Flackofnubs (talk) 23:06, 1 January 2023 (UTC)