![]() ![]() NASA has made several different types of spacecraft Some English nouns are identical in both the singular and the plural forms. Irregular nouns that do not change at all when made plural Wouldn’t that have been convenient? Irregular nouns that change substantiallyįor a variety of historical reasons, some words change in spelling substantially when made plural. Thus, he advocated for the return of the Old English plural wimmen. Singularįun fact: The eighteenth-century American dictionary reformer Noah Webster preferred spellings that were closer to their most common pronunciations. Many English words become plural by changing their vowels, such as oo to ee or an to en. Cello, which is an abbreviation of the Italian word violoncello, can be written the traditional way, celli, or the commonly accepted anglicized way, cellos. (Aren’t there always?) Some words ending in -o that are borrowed from other languages take only an s to make a plural, such as pianos, cantos, photos, and zeros. ![]() Singular (-o)īut of course, there are exceptions. Plurals of words ending in -o are usually made by adding -es. Singular (-f, -fe)Įxceptions: roofs and proofs (among others). This spelling arose because of the difficulty of pronouncing f and s together in English (an attempt to do this will produce a v sound). ![]() The result for both types is a plural that ends in -ves. Similarly, if a word ends in -fe, change the f to a v and add an s. To make a plural of a word ending in -f, change the f to a v and add es. The most common irregular plurals Nouns ending in -f and -fe ![]()
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