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Healer Posted 5 years ago
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Plural of British

We have Americans, Canadians and Australians. What about plural of British, Japanese, and Chinese? Thanks!
  

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British is an adjective, and there is no plural form. In the US, we sometimes say: two Britishers. In the UK, they informally say: two Brits.

  • British is an adjective, and there is no plural form.
  • In the US, we sometimes say: two Britishers.
  • In the UK, they informally say: two Brits.
  • Americans understand this form also.
  • American and Canadian can be either adjectives or nouns.
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British is an adjective, and there is no plural form.

In the US, we sometimes say: two Britishers. In the UK, they informally say: two Brits. Americans understand this form also.

American and Canadian can be either adjectives or nouns. The plural is regular (add -s).

Chinese and Japanese have irregular plurals. There is no ending added.

There are three Chinese and two J

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healer We have Americans, Canadians and Australians. What about plural of British, Japanese, and Chinese? Thanks!

Americans, Canadians, Australians What's the pattern here?
British, Japanese, Chinese an? No. What's the pattern here?

So if you can figure that out, what are the plurals of the following nationalities?

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