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Hole One a New See Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Forming plural of a particular group of nouns

Hi everybody,

I just read over this description recently:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/plurals-of-nouns

There are 2 particular categories:

-"With nouns that end in a consonant or a single vowel plus -f or -fe, change the -f or -fe to -ves"
-"Nouns which end in two vowels plus -f usually form plurals in the normal way, with just an -s"

Is 'leaf' (-> leaves) an exception? It ends "in two vowels plus -f" but it is formed according to the first rule.

Question: could you say me some more examples which disagree with these 2 rules? (-> end in 'f' or 'fe')

or: could you explain it to me if I'm wrong?

Thanks for your help in advance.
  

Top answer

Note the rule you quote: Nouns which end in two vowels plus -f usually form plurals in the normal way, with just an -s. There are no doubt other exceptions, like sheaf and hoof .

— Mister Micawber

  • Note the rule you quote: Nouns which end in two vowels plus -f usually form plurals in the normal way, with just an -s.
  • There are no doubt other exceptions, like sheaf and hoof .
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Note the rule you quote:

Nouns which end in two vowels plus -f usually form plurals in the normal way, with just an -s.

There are no doubt other exceptions, like sheaf and hoof.
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Thank you very much Emotion: smile

I was really not precise enough.

Could you tell me some more examples? For example this "shea
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Hole One a New See I tried to search for such lists but I was unsuccessful.
And I don't have one in my head, either. You will meet them in your travels.
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