Aug 12
English plurals that are irregular.
Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 in Plurals
Some words follow patterns for pluralization and some do not.
crisis becomes crises and hypothesis becomes hypotheses
appendix becomes appendices and matrix becomes matrices
child becomes children and ox becomes oxen
bacterium becomes bacteria and curriculum becomes curricula
antenna becomes antennae or antennas and formula becomes formulae or formulas
louse becomes lice and mouse becomes mice
knife becomes knives and self becomes selves
echo becomes echoes and tomato becomes tomatoes
deer becomes deer and offspring becomes offspring
foot becomes feet and goose becomes geese
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