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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 ...
For cross references other words take this form of the plural, as in apparatus. Toni —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.139.37 ( talk ) 19:49, 9 May 2007 I have seen "apparati" as a plural of "apparatus," but the general rule is that regular English plurals of Latin words are acceptable and usually preferable.
Apparatus (band), an electro-industrial group active during the nineties; Apparatus, 1995 release by the band Apparatus; Apparatus, an academic journal on film; In gymnastics, any of the individual events, or the equipment used in performing the event; A piece of laboratory equipment; in anatomy, a group of organs, see Apparatus (anatomy)
Unlike some common nouns, proper nouns do not typically show number contrast in English. Most proper nouns in English are singular and lack a plural form, though some may instead be plural and lack a singular form. For example, we typically expect Michigan but not *Michigans and the Philippines [b] but not *Philippine. Proper nouns also differ ...
The plural of a noun typically denotes a quantity greater than the default quantity represented by that noun. This default quantity is most commonly one (a form that represents this default quantity of one is said to be of singular number). Therefore, plurals most typically denote two or more of something, although they may also denote ...
There are three plural forms of octopus: octopuses, octopi, and octopodes. A fourth form octopods is occasionally used by scientists for taxonomic purposes. [13] Currently, octopuses is the most common form in the UK as well as the US; octopodes is rare, and octopi is often objected to as incorrect. [14]
The work isn’t done. The offensive line took a huge leap in 2024 but some tweaking can be done up front. Also, one more vertical X-receiver option would complete this wide receiver room.
Proper nouns that are plural in form take a plural verb in both AmE and BrE; for example, The Beatles are a well-known band; The Diamondbacks are the champions, with one major exception: in American English, the United States is almost universally used with a singular verb.