Shanthi posted: "Do you remember learning the English spelling of plurals? It was easy, right? All you had to do was to add a 's' or 'es' to the noun, for example, orange - oranges, watch - watches. How about all those irregular plurals, though? As always as soon as you " New post on English with a Twist |  | Do you remember learning the English spelling of plurals? It was easy, right? All you had to do was to add a 's' or 'es' to the noun, for example, orange - oranges, watch - watches. How about all those irregular plurals, though? As always as soon as you learned a set of rules, the English Language would hit you with a list of exceptions to that set! How annoying was that! In this infographic from Grammar.net examples of and the reason for some of the irregular plurals are shown in a fun and concise way. 
[Infographic provided by Grammar.net]
Here are some further examples for each category that I thought I'd share with you. Latin and Greek Origins
Phenomenon, phenomena Focus, foci Medium, media Stimulus, stimuli Nucleus, nuclei Hippopotamus, hippopotami Vertebra, vertebrae Alga, algae Radius, radii
Stadium, stadia (although 'stadiums' is more commonly used now) Millennium, millennia -ies Family, families Penny, pennies Poppy, poppies Pony, ponies Baby, babies Spy, spies Party, parties Try, tries City, cities -ves Calf, calves Life, lives Leaf, leaves Elf, elves Dwarf, dwarves Knife, knives Wife, wives Hoof, hooves Wolf, wolves Thief, thieves Half, halves Loaf, loaves Identical Plurals Offspring Trout Moose Deer Gold, silver, etc. Salmon Fish Bison Series -en and vowel swaps
Man, men Ox, oxen Woman, women Foot, feet Goose, geese Compound Nouns
Mothers-in-law Sisters-in-law New words Die, dice Louse, lice English is a hotchpotch of exceptions and words that love to break the rules. Can you think of other words that are rule-breakers? If you liked this post please share it. And don't forget to subscribe to my blog if you don't want to miss my posts. Ciao for now Shanthi | | | |
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