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What are the plurals of cactus?
The plural of cactus is cacti. Sentence example: Arizona is known for being a state abundant with cacti.
What are the English and foreign of plurals of octopus?
octopi
What is the English and foreign plural of cactus?
CACTII
What are 5 plurals?
Plurals has to do with a word that is used when describing more than one. Five plurals include:1) shoe - shoes2) train - trains3) elephant - elephants4) cactus - cacti5) hippopotamus - hippopotami (or hippopotamuses)Different words have different rules when becoming plural.
What is foreign plural and English plural of cactus?
CACTII
10 foreign noun?
* Some foreign nouns (especially the rare ones) retain their foreign plurals: * Latin: addendum-addenda, alumna-alumnae, alumnus-alumni, cranium-crania, datum-data. * Greek: analysis-analyses, basis-bases, crisis-crises, thesis-theses. * Relatively common foreign nouns may have two plurals (sometimes different meanings of the singular have different plurals): * Latin: cactus-cactuses-cacti, curriculum-curriculums-curricula, formula-formulas-formulae, medium-mediums-media, memorandum-memorandums-memoranda. * Greek: criterion-criterions-criteria, index-indexes-indices, phenomenon-phenomenons-phenomena. * French: beau-beaus-beaux, madam-madams-mesdames. * Italian: concerto-concertos-concerti, libretto-librettos-libretti. this is all i saw...
What is the English plural and the foreign plural of the word cactus?
The plural forms for cactus are cacti or cactuses, both are accepted.
What is a foreign plural?
Some nouns in English are borrowed from other languages like Latin and Classical Greek. Their pluaral forms are referred to as '''''foreign plurals.''''' -grade 6 ba'ash 2010-2011
What is the plural possessive of cactus - cactuses' or cacti's?
Either is correct: cactuses' or cacti's. The apostrophe only is used when a plural is formed by S or ES, to indicate that an additional S sound is not added. When a plural does not end in S, the ordinary possessive (apostrophe-S) is used. Both cactuses and cacti are acceptable plurals for cactus.
Do all nouns form their plurals according to regular rules?
No. There are quite a few irregular plurals in English. These include man/men, child/children, life/lives, mouse/mice, goose/geese. - Some form plurals based on the language they were originally found in. cactus/cacti, datum/data, phenomenon/phenomena, alga/algae. - For some nouns (e.g. fish, deer, moose) the same word can be used as both singular and plural.
What is the plural of what?
pluralsThe word plurals is the plural of plural. As in: I answered the question about plurals to the person who didn't know that the plural of plural is plurals.
What are the plurals of box sheep and prince?
The plurals are boxes, sheep, and princes.
