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Pieanne Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Plural
What's the plural of "axis" ?
Do all words ending in -is have the same plural?
How would the possessive form of such a plural look like?
Thanks in advance
Do all words ending in -is have the same plural?
How would the possessive form of such a plural look like?
Thanks in advance
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One axis, two axes. The axis's ordinate is horizontal. The axes' ordinates are horizontal.
- One axis, two axes.
- The axis's ordinate is horizontal.
- The axes' ordinates are horizontal.
- I don't know whether they are all -is/-es, Pieanne.
- Let's check: one emphasis, two emphases.
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One axis, two axes. The axis's ordinate is horizontal. The axes' ordinates are horizontal.
I don't know whether they are all -is/-es, Pieanne. Let's check:
one emphasis, two emphases.
one analysis, two analyses.
one crisis, two crises.
one prognosis, two prognoses.
one diagnosis, two diagnoses.
one basis, three bases.
The ones I can think o
I don't know whether they are all -is/-es, Pieanne. Let's check:
one emphasis, two emphases.
one analysis, two analyses.
one crisis, two crises.
one prognosis, two prognoses.
one diagnosis, two diagnoses.
one basis, three bases.
The ones I can think o
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