Here is a list of some other irregular plural nouns frequently misused: SingularCorrect PluralIncorrect Plural CactusCactiCactuses OctopusOctopusesOctopi SheepSheepSheeps OxOxenOxes Avoiding these common mistakes will help improve your writing and speaking accuracy. ...
Items without a known plural were discarded, leaving 16 monosyllables and 102 polysyllables, for a total of 118 masculine [al/aj]-final nouns and adjectives (listed in Appendix A). Since our focus is on the difference between monosyllables and polysyllables, there was little benefit in ...
appendix: appendixes or appendices matrix: matrices or matrixes Words ending ino, plural -os or -i graffito: graffiti (the plural form is almost invariable used in place of the singular form) libretto: librettos or libretti virtuoso: virtuosos or virtuosi Words ending ino, plural -os or -oes...
Once I bothered to write a function for plural, I decided to make it as general as possible. This does a pretty good job. The main things to notice are: I use '//' instead of '/', as the meaning of '/' will change in a future release of Python (2.4 I think) type long is ...
And yes, another kind of medium is a person through whom spirits speak. appendix/appendicesThe Latin plural is still in use, but one also hearsappendixes. formula/formulaeThe Latin plural persists in scientific contexts, but one often hearsformulas. ...
Table of Contents Abstract Introduction The Grammatical Point of View The Exegesis of the Uses of sanguis in the Plural Consequences Conclusions Funding Institutional Review Board Statement Informed Consent Statement Data Availability Statement Conflicts of Interest Appendix A Notes Referencesshare...
Appendix A.3 exhibits the distribution of the nouns in both formal and informal settings. The five possible responses (forms) which participants had to rate were three determiners, namely the definite, indefinites from the ka- series and the indefinite kati, a numeral, and the option of a ...