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Yes, and they are exactly the same. Singular = Singular Plural = Plural
wife wives safe safes knife knives
It takes a plural verb. example, His mathematics are weak.
Singular: book / Plural: books Singular: cat / Plural: cats Singular: child / Plural: children Singular: foot / Plural: feet
Because "stimulus" is a Latin word. In Latin, most words ending in "-us" form the plural in "i". They keep this in English.
what are the greek words end by 'on' in singular and change to 'a' in plural?
The English language contains many words where the plural form is shorter than the singular. Most of these are words we have taken from foreign languages. The archetypical example is Latin words ending in -um; the plural ends in -a. e.g. datum - pl. data ; erratum - pl errata ; stratum - pl. strata ; (e.g. stands for exemplum gratum, meaning example given. pl -exempla grata)
Plural
practitioner is singular (plural practitioners)sofa is singular (plural sofas)satellite is singular (plural satellites)clips is plural (singular clip)dentist is singular (plural dentists)dollars is plural (singular dollar)article is singular (plural articles)magazines is plural (singular magazine)laminator is singular (laminators is plural)radios is plural (singular radio)
The plural form for the noun army is armies.To form the plural for words ending in y preceded by a consonant:change the y into ie and add s.
For an English plural, the answer is never. Some words ending in the letter 's' are made plural by adding 'es', such as one bus, two buses or one class, two classes.
Nouns ending with -f or -fe (but not -ff or -ffe) replace the -f or -fe with -ves. Examples:calf; calveself; elveshalf; halveshoof' hoovesknife; knivesleaf; leavesloaf; loavesshelf; shelveswife; wiveswolf; wolvesThere are exceptions to this rule, for example:belief; beliefschef; chefschief; chiefsroof; roofsWhen in doubt which does change form and which just adds -s, consult a dictionary.