English is full of exceptions. So today we're going to talk about plural exceptions. Because they are created in general at random.
Man-men, mouse-mice, goose-geese - they are too far out of the standard rule, where you need to add -s or -es at the end. We will try to figure out why this is happening, what patterns are there and how best to remember them.
Why men, not mans, and what does the umlaut have to do with it
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Man β men
Goose β geese
Tooth β teeth
Foot β feet
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mann β menn (man-men) β -
fΕt β fΔt (foot-feet) β -, -
mΕ«s β mΘ³s (mouse-mice) β -
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Food () β feed ();
Full () β fill ();
Gold () β gild ().
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, -is . :
axis β axes (-)
crisis β crises (-)
analysis β analyses (-)
thesis β theses (-)
. -es. . Crisises, analysises β Β«sΒ», . «» , .
Moose moose:
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Sheep β sheep (-)
Fish β fish (-)
Deer β deer (-)
Moose β moose (-)
Swine β swine (-)
Buffalo β buffalo (-)
Shrimp β shrimp (-)
Trout β trout (-)
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zero plurals β . , , β .
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Iβve shot a moose yesterday β . β .
Iβm going to hunt moose β . β .
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, , fish. , fishes. fishes , . , , Pisces, Fishes β .
shrimps , .
, -s -es: , cows horses. .
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, . , -us -um. -on.
. : -s -es.
Focus β foci (-)
Radius β radii (-Ρ)
Fungus β fungi (-)
Cactus β cacti (-)
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, cactuses.
I saw so many cactuses in Mexico.
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, cacti.
radius. radiuses β . radii.
, , , data β . β datum.
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bacteria β , bacteriums β . curriculum, memorandum, stratum.
β phenomenon. β -a. phenomenons, phenomena.
, . , . child children, person people. . , .
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