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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Plurals not ending in s
can u give me some examples of this subject thanks
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people children men women geese mice fish oxen shrimp
- people children men women geese mice fish oxen shrimp
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can we put "es" after fish or put "s" after dear to show the word is plural.
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Yes, fishes is possible and it usually means "species of fish" rather than several individuals.
Trout is one of the most popular fishes to catch.
The most common plural is "fish"
He caught a lot of fish.
There are ten fish in the pond.
We had fresh fish for lunch.
Dear is a term of endearment, usually used by older women to refer to each other when th
Trout is one of the most popular fishes to catch.
The most common plural is "fish"
He caught a lot of fish.
There are ten fish in the pond.
We had fresh fish for lunch.
Dear is a term of endearment, usually used by older women to refer to each other when th
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The plural of cactus is cacti.
Hippopotomus becomes hippopotomi.
Most of the words have irregular plurals retain their plural form from the language from which English adopted the word.
The 'us' to 'i' plural form comes from Latin.
Many such as child to children come from German. Consider yourself lucky. All nouns have irregular plurals in German!
Hippopotomus becomes hippopotomi.
Most of the words have irregular plurals retain their plural form from the language from which English adopted the word.
The 'us' to 'i' plural form comes from Latin.
Many such as child to children come from German. Consider yourself lucky. All nouns have irregular plurals in German!
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And some words have both the original plural form, as well as the -s form, which is probably evolving to replace the original (irregular) form.
curriculua, curriculums
radii, radiuses
nuclei, nucleuses
oxen, oxes (more than 2!)
amebae, amebas
antennas, antennae
curriculua, curriculums
radii, radiuses
nuclei, nucleuses
oxen, oxes (more than 2!)
amebae, amebas
antennas, antennae
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geese (interestingly, goose becomes geese, moose remains moose and papoose becomes papooses.)
mice (Again, mouse becomes mice but house becomes houses and yet, die becomes dice. I’m talking about the cubes with numbers on them that are used in various games.)
fish (as mentioned earlier is either fish of fishes.)
oxen (Yet, fox is foxes not foxen.)
foot beco
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AlpheccaStars
antennas, antennae
You're right but I hate that. The irregulars are much more fun. They're like the raisins in raisin bread. Without them, you just have bread.
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Here's more:
Phalanx – Phalanges or phalanxes
Platypus-platypi or platypuses
Octopus-octopi
Diploma – diplomata or diplomas
Half-halves
Wolf-wolves
Loaf-loaves
Focus-foci
Analysis-analyses
Crisis-crises
Phalanx – Phalanges or phalanxes
Platypus-platypi or platypuses
Octopus-octopi
Diploma – diplomata or diplomas
Half-halves
Wolf-wolves
Loaf-loaves
Focus-foci
Analysis-analyses
Crisis-crises
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Here are some more and some explainations:
Note that many form a pattern but the pattern may be broken as with goose/moose/papoose as mentioned above.
Phalanx – Phalanges or phalanxes
Platypus-platypi or platypuses
Octopus-octopi
Diploma – diplomata or diplomas
Half-halves
Wolf-wolves
Loaf-loaves
Note that many form a pattern but the pattern may be broken as with goose/moose/papoose as mentioned above.
Phalanx – Phalanges or phalanxes
Platypus-platypi or platypuses
Octopus-octopi
Diploma – diplomata or diplomas
Half-halves
Wolf-wolves
Loaf-loaves
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