Plural Form

Hi, what's the plural form of the word "will", used in the sense of desire or wish. For example:

1. The people were held against their will.

To use the plural form of the word "will", is this sentence correct:

2. The people were held against their wills.


Thank you for your time.

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Jane!

Hi, what's the plural form of the word "will", used in the sense of desire or wish. For example:

1. The people were held against their will.

To use the plural form of the word "will", is this sentence correct:

2. The people were held against their wills.


Thank you for your time.

The plural is indeed, "wills". Both sentences are OK. In this case, all the people appear to have wanted the same thing, so I think most people would use sentence 1, showing a single will, even with multiple people.

Thanks Pete. It was suggested to me that the plural form of "will" is also "will" and I've never seen the word "wills" used in any context, so I wasn't sure.