User:RD/9k/tiered levels of grouping (Q950)

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tiered levels of grouping
/ tiered grammatical plurality -> the concept of multiple levels of plural objects (seas of free-floating entities) as they are represented in language or propositional logic. I would say the majority of people are not aware of this concept and constantly gloss over it in both writing and comprehending writing. it is dreadfully common to simply toss out the weasel word "we" with no particular meaning in reference to some really vague group of more than one person and assume it makes total sense.

one-member concept
/ singular term [1]
group concept
/ collective term
subpopulational concept
/ particular concept / particular term
populational concept
/ universal concept (generic) / general concept (generic) / universal term (generic) / general term (generic)
global concept
/ global term -> a concept which applies to the largest possible scales of populations or generalizations, such as worldwide
concept about many separate individuals in parallel
/ applying to many separate individuals in parallel
concept about many separate groups in parallel
/ applying to many separate groups in parallel
concept about separate subpopulations in parallel
/ concept about several separate subpopulations in parallel
concept about separate nations in parallel
/ concept about several separate populations in parallel

your-choices pronounced versus yours-choice distinction
/ your-choice versus yours-choices versus yours-choice distinction -> a vital distinction to understand before anyone can properly answer whether "your choices matter". when people say "your choice(s)", are they referring to "your choice" individually, "yours choices" as every individual separately in parallel, or "yours choice" as many individuals combined into one group?