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  2. English plurals - Wikipedia

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    For example, in Spanish, nouns composed of a verb and its plural object usually have the verb first and noun object last (e.g. the legendary monster chupacabras, literally "sucks-goats", or in a more natural English formation "goatsucker") and the plural form of the object noun is retained in both the singular and plural forms of the compound ...

  3. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2007 May 3

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    "Criteria" is a plural noun, which does not agree with the singular verb "is". If there is 1 criterion, it would be "What is the criterion for that writhing project ...

  4. Wikipedia : Lists of common misspellings/Grammar and ...

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    (criteria are [plural], criterion is [singular]) (criteria were [plural]) The next three should only be attempted by a competent physicist: (Brief explanation: current = flow of charge; thus "flow of current" = flow of flow of charge) (current, flow) (current) (current)

  5. Criterion - Wikipedia

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    Criteria air contaminants, air pollutants that cause smog, acid rain, and other health hazards; Criterion validity, in psychometrics, a measure of how well one variable or set of variables predicts an outcome

  6. Talk:Criterion - Wikipedia

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    1 Criteria is the plural form of criterion. 2 comments. 2 Is this actually a disambiguation page?! 1 comment. Toggle the table of contents. Talk: Criterion. Add ...

  7. Noun class - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, there are polyplural noun classes. A polyplural noun class is a plural class for more than one singular class. [4] For example, Proto-Bantu class 10 contains plurals of class 9 nouns and class 11 nouns, while class 6 contains plurals of class 5 nouns and class 15 nouns. Classes 6 and 10 are inherited as polyplural classes by most ...

  8. Wikipedia:Naming conventions (plurals) - Wikipedia

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    A plural base title can also redirect to an article (Bookends redirects to Bookend; Faces redirects to Face). If separate primary topics are determined, add a hatnote from the plural page to the singular form (or vice versa). Sometimes, what appears to be a plural form may also be a separate word, which can influence the primary topic decision.

  9. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    Nouns have distinct singular and plural forms; that is, they decline to reflect their grammatical number; consider the difference between book and books. In addition, a few English pronouns have distinct nominative (also called subjective ) and oblique (or objective) forms; that is, they decline to reflect their relationship to a verb or ...