In her review in Not Coming to a Theater Near You, Jenny Jediny wrote, " In many ways, The Double Life of Véronique is a small miracle of cinema ; ... Kieslowski ’ s strong, if largely post-mortem reputation among the art house audience has elevated a film that makes little to no sense on paper, while its emotional tone strikes a singular — perhaps perfect — key.

It is in the form of an effective and singular Ipseity that Life never ceases to engender itself.

The singular uncompromising force of their revolt against the cult of restraint is illustrated by their refusal to dance in a public place.

This is our singular goal.

Then in 2 we show that any line involution with the properties that ( A ) It has no complex of invariant lines, and ( B ) Its singular lines form a complex consisting exclusively of the lines which meet a twisted curve, is necessarily of the type discussed in 1.

Hence the totality of singular lines is the T order complex of lines which meet Aj.

Since the complex of singular lines is of order K and since there is no complex of invariant lines, it follows from the formula Af that the order of the involution is Af.

We now observe that the case in which **zg is a Af curve on a quadric is impossible if the complex of singular lines consists exclusively of the lines which meet Aj.

However, if there is no additional complex of singular lines, the order of the image regulus of a pencil is precisely Af.

The fundamental difficulty of which the Selden case was `` a striking ( though not singular ) example '', concluded Hough, `` will remain as long as testimony is taken without any authoritative judicial officer present, and responsible for the maintenance of discipline, and the reception or exclusion of testimony ''.

The singular alga is the Latin word for a particular seaweed and retains that meaning in English.

In addition to the Yerevan administrative region, Armenia is split into ten administrative divisions, known as marzer ( singular: marz ); these are Ararat, Aragatsotn, Armavir, Gegharkunik, Kotayk, Lori, Shirak, Syunik, Tavush, and Vayots Dzor.

In a great majority of instances the name Abrasax is associated with a singular composite figure, having a Chimera-like appearance somewhat resembling a basilisk or the Greek primordial god Chronos ( not to be confused with the Greek titan Cronus ).

As-gard, he conjectures, is the home of the Æsir ( singular Ás ) in As-ia, making a folk etymological connection between the three " As -"; that is, the Æsir were " men of Asia ", not gods, who moved from Asia to the north and some of which intermarried with the peoples already there.

In BrE, collective nouns can take either singular ( formal agreement ) or plural ( notional agreement ) verb forms, according to whether the emphasis is on the body as a whole or on the individual members respectively ; compare a committee was appointed with the committee were unable to agree.

Despite exceptions such as usage in The New York Times, the names of sports teams are usually treated as plurals even if the form of the name is singular.

The moment of representation is when the hero, flushed with conquest, displays the head of the " snaky Gorgon ", whilst the right hand grasps a sword of singular device.

In English usage, the genitive " of Æsir faith " is often used on its own to denote adherents ( both singular and plural ).

Hine, a true accusative masculine third person singular pronoun, is attested in some northern English dialects as late as the 19th century.

The Western suffix-e is from the Classical singular and the Eastern suffix-its is from the Classical plural ; both have been generalized for singular and plural in the dialects that use them.

The term " the United States " has historically been used, sometimes in the plural (" these United States "), and other times in the singular, without any particular grammatical consistency.

" Ceramic " may be used as an adjective describing a material, product or process ; or as a singular noun, or, more commonly, as a plural noun, " ceramics ".

However, confusion often stems from the fact that plural verb forms are often used in British English with the singular forms of these count nouns ( for example: " The team have finished the project .").

Conversely, in the English language as a whole, singular verb forms can often be used with nouns ending in "- s " that were once considered plural ( for example: " Physics is my favorite academic subject ").

In monotheistic faiths, the word divinity is often used to refer to the singular God central to that faith.

Though widely used, it differs in form from the nominative only in the masculine singular of the second declension ( that is, never in the plural, never in the feminine or neuter, and never in any declension other than the second ).

Yet another Spanish / English false friend is " America / América ", where the word " America " in English, and singular, is usually used to talk about the United States of America, and the word " América " in Spanish is used to talk about the whole American continent.

Graffiti ( singular: graffito ; the plural is used as a mass noun ) is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.

The word " grits " is one of the few words that may properly be used as either singular or plural in writing or speech and can be used with a singular or plural verb.

Plato, uses the plural adjective γνωστικοί – gnostikoi and the singular feminine adjective γνωστικὴ ἐπιστήμη – gnostike episteme in his Politikos where Gnostike episteme was also used to indicate one's aptitude.

The word Gulag was not often used in Russian — either officially or colloquially ; the predominant terms were the camps () and the zone (), usually singular — for the labor camp system and for the individual camps.

When a singular concept is needed, or is used as a suffix.

Kingdoms are divided into phyla ( singular: phylum ) — for animals ; the term division, used for plants and fungi, is equivalent to the rank of phylum ( and the current International Code of Botanical Nomenclature allows the use of either term ).

A myriad is primarily a singular cardinal number ; just as the " thousand " in " four thousand " is singular ( one does not write " four thousands people ") the word myriad is used in the same way: " there are four myriad people outside ".

The name is derived from the ostraka, ( singular ostrakon, ὄστρακον ), referring to the pottery sherds that were used as voting tokens.

The word quanta ( singular quantum ) was used even before 1900 to mean particles or amounts of different quantities, including electricity.

It is largely a religious concept, where it is used in two distinct respects — a belief in the resurrection of individual souls that is current and ongoing ( Christian idealism, realized eschatology ), or else a belief in a singular " Resurrection of the Dead " event at the end of the world.

Since distributive constructions apply an idea relevant to each individual in the group, rather than to the group as a whole, they are most often conceived of as singular, and a singular pronoun is used.

Since the feminist movement of the 1980s, some writers and publishers have been using the feminine title suffixes-in ( singular ) and-innen ( plural ) to emphasize the inclusion of females ; but written with a capital ' I ', to indicate that males are not excluded.

Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 suggested that, since the name Heruli itself is identified by many with the Anglo-Saxon eorlas (" nobles "), Old Saxon erlos (" men "), the singular of which ( erilaz ) frequently occurs in the earliest Northern inscriptions, that " Heruli " may have been a title of honor.

There were two forms of this title, the first had the names of other gods, and the second later one which was more ' singular ' and referred only to the Aten himself.

The title French and Indian War, in the singular, is used in the United States specifically for the warfare of 1754 – 1763, the colonial counterpart to the Seven Years ' War in Europe.

At that time, the show's title was changed to the singular Sábado Gigante, although some long-time fans in Chile still call it by the plural.

: Origin: < Middle French, French paradoxe ( 1495 as noun ; 1372 – 4 in plural paradoxesas the title of a work by Cicero ; paradoxon ( noun ) philosophical paradox in post-classical Latin also a figure of speech < ancient Greek παράδοξον, especially in plural παράδοξαStoical paradoxes, use as noun of neuter singular of παράδοξος ( adjective ) contrary to received opinion or expectation < παρα-para-prefix1 + δόξαopinion ( see doxology n .), after ancient Greek παρὰ δόξανcontrary to expectation.

145-90 BCE ) of the former Han Dynasty ( 206 BCE-24 CE ), the title of whose singular history of China, the Shi ji ( Korean sagi ), Kim Busik adopted for his own work.

It was a title held with great pride: Pompey was hailed imperator more than once, as was Sulla, but it was Julius Caesar who first used it permanently-according to Dio, this was a singular and excessive form of flattery granted by the Senate, passed to Caesar's adopted heir along with his name and virtually synonymous with it.

Letters patent ( no singular form exists ) are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch or president, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or corporation.

Most use of the term Elohim in the later Hebrew text imply a view that is at least monolatrist at the time of writing, and such usage ( in the singular ), as a proper title for the supreme deity, is generally not considered to be synonymous with the term elohim, " gods " ( plural, simple noun ).

Rumoured to be accompanied by a film of the same title, the album took The Isness psychedelic experimentation and toned it down, giving the album a singular theme and sound, and replacing the more bizarre moments with funk and ambient interludes.

The papal encyclical Ad caeli reginam, argues that as Christ, because he redeemed humankind, is its Lord and king by a special title, so the Blessed Virgin Mary is Queen, on account of the unique manner in which she assisted in the redemption of humanity by giving of her own substance, by freely offering him by her singular desire and petition for, and active interest in, human salvation.

However, the baritone Victor Maurel, who was cast as the first Tonio, requested that Leoncavallo change the title from the singular Il pagliaccio to the plural Pagliacci, to broaden dramatic interest away from Canio alone to include Tonio ( his own role ).

The church places particular emphasis upon the word The in its title as a statement of this reorganization, believing it is the singular embodiment of the New Testament Christian church.

It would be singular if the authorial designation had been lost and yet the attribute had remained in the title of the midrash.

The original Russian title uses a relatively rare word, besy ( singular bes ), from old Slavic mythology, which means " demons " or " evil spirits " and could be compared to The Beast, which may evoke similar associations, as in " possessed by the beast " or " possessed by demons ".

Other leaders among the Luhya were known as Baami ( singular Mwami ), a title translating to ' Kings ' or ' Lords.

# misremembering the German title: If Nibelungen were plural, the genitive plural article der would immediately precede Nibelungen ( rather than the genitive singular des ); Google results suggest that about 10 % of pages using the German title make this error.

The first ' step ' or lesson is contained in the title phrase itself, because ' gradus ' being a fourth-declension noun ( a step ), with a short '- us ' in the singular ( forming a metrical trochee ), becomes ' gradūs ', with a lengthened '- ūs ', in the plural ( steps )-forming a metrical spondee.

His male descendants were given the title of A < u > gh </ u > sán ( Arabic for " Branches ") which in singular form is "< u > Gh </ u > usn ".

Heldenbücher ( singular Heldenbuch " book of heroes ") is the conventional title under which a group of manuscripts and prints of the 15th and 16th centuries has come down to us.

( The collective would briefly release under the singular title, Tim Simenon.

He is often referred to as " Fabri ," the Latin genitive singular, i. e. the possessive form, because his name appears this way in the title of his book, " Fratris Felicis Fabri Evagatorium in Terræ Sanctæ, Arabiæ et Egypti peregrinationem.