Timeline for Singular to plural noun [duplicate]
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| Oct 8, 2020 at 2:03 | history | duplicates list edited | tchrist♦ | duplicates list edited from Why is there no consistency in the plural forms of words ending on an "f" (e.g. safe, roof, dwarf, etc.)? to Why is "f" in a singular replaced with "v" in its plural? [duplicate], Why is there no consistency in the plural forms of words ending on an "f" (e.g. safe, roof, dwarf, etc.)? | |
| Oct 8, 2020 at 2:00 | history | closed | tchrist♦ | Duplicate of Why is there no consistency in the plural forms of words ending on an "f" (e.g. safe, roof, dwarf, etc.)? | |
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 0:54 | comment | added | Hanii Puppy | The plural of "Roof" can be "Roofs" or "Rooves", the latter being the more correct usage. "Dwarfs" used to be the sole correct pluralisation of "Dwarf", until Tolkein popularised "Dwarves", and "Dwarves" usually carries a fantasy connotation while "Dwarfs" usually refers to the actual medical condition. (It might seem a bit strange and out-of-touch with reality to refer to Peter Dinklage and Warwick Davis collectively as "Dwarves" rather than "Dwarfs") | |
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| Jul 7, 2013 at 3:12 | history | edited | tchrist♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 6, 2013 at 11:30 | answer | added | sarah | timeline score: 2 | |
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| Jun 26, 2013 at 17:17 | comment | added | Tyler James Young | It should be noted also that homonymity of certain nouns with their verb counterparts can (and should) inform a preference in cases where there is coexistence of both the 's' and 'v' forms. It creates a useful distinction between the 3rd-person-singular-present form of the verb and the plural of the homonymic noun to have the verb (e.g. "scarfs [down food]") take the 's' alone and the noun should take the 'v' form (e.g. "scarves"). This has not caught on in all cases (not many would write "halfs" to refer to more than one half, for instance) but hopefully will still help you decide. | |
| Jun 22, 2013 at 0:11 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/348231672480792576 | ||
| Jun 20, 2013 at 13:49 | comment | added | Mitch | There's a series puns of the form "Make like an X and (do something like an X that also sounds like you're moving away)". Here it is "Make like a tree and leave". There is then the meta joke from "Back to the Future" where Biff, who is a stupid bully, says "Make like a tree and get outta here" (thanks @snailboat) | |
| Jun 20, 2013 at 9:45 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | The plural dwarves is not universally endorsed for non-fictional persons ( grammarist.com/usage/dwarfs-dwarves ). | |
| Jun 20, 2013 at 3:20 | comment | added | NullPoiиteя | @Mitch tree of leaves or leafs ?? :P | |
| Jun 20, 2013 at 3:18 | comment | added | Mitch | "Make like a tree and ... go." | |
| Jun 20, 2013 at 2:14 | comment | added | John Lawler | If you've studied German you know there is a lot of variation in Germanic noun plurals. English has lost most of it; but some remains. Notice also that this extends to other fricatives: /mauθ/ optionally becomes /mauðz/ in the plural (/mauθs/ also occurs). And the voicing occurs again in distinguishing the verb from the noun -- He mouths /mauðz/ the words; _He interleaves the pages, etc. | |
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| Jun 20, 2013 at 1:48 | comment | added | NullPoiиteя | i have spent 2 days in finding reason :( now it comes with irregular plurals (i had no idea about that before now) ... thankyou | |
| Jun 20, 2013 at 1:43 | comment | added | Stuart Allen | These are called 'irregular' plurals for a reason. Sadly, I'm not sure you will find any rule that can be applied to an unfamiliar case. | |
| Jun 20, 2013 at 1:39 | comment | added | Kaiser Octavius | en.wiktionary.org/wiki/… | |
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