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What words when they're singular end with um but when they go to plural thy end with a?
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Usually they're Latin words such as:
addendum > addenda
auditorium > auditoria
podium > podia
datum > data
curriculum > curricula
stadium > stadia
solarium > solaria
minimum > minima
bacterium > bacteria
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