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take ... and stone

These commands are addressed to Israel as a group and so are plural.

take both of them

"then you must bring both the girl and the man who slept with her"

because she did not cry out

"because she did not call for help"

because he violated his neighbor's wife

"because he slept with a girl who belongs to a fellow Israelite"

you will remove the evil from among you

"you must remove from among the Israelites the person who does this evil thing" or "you must execute this evil person"