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IRREGULAR PLURALS LIST

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change to plural.
Each group of words has similar changes.
US -> I
SINGULA !LUAL
alumnus alumni
cactus cacti
focus foci"focuses
fungus fungi"funguses
nucleus nuclei
radius radii
stimulus stimuli
IS -> ES
SINGULA !LUAL
a#is a#es
analysis analyses
$asis $ases
crisis crises
diagnosis diagnoses
ellipsis ellipses
hypothesis hypotheses
oasis oases
paralysis paralyses
parenthesis parentheses
synthesis syntheses
synopsis synopses
thesis theses
I% -> I&ES
SINGULA !LUAL
appendi# appendices
inde# indeces"inde#es
matri# matrices"matri#es
EAU -> EAU%
SINGULA !LUAL
$eau $eau#
$ureau $ureaus"$ureau#
ta$leau ta$leau#"ta$leaus
''' -> EN
SINGULA !LUAL
child children
man men
o# o#en
woman women
''' -> A
SINGULA !LUAL
$acterium $acteria
corpus corpora
criterion criteria
curriculum curricula
datum data
genus genera
medium media
memorandum memoranda
phenomenon phenomena
stratum strata
N( &)ANGE
SINGULA !LUAL
deer deer
fish fish
means means
offspring offspring
series series
sheep sheep
species species
(( -> EE
SINGULA !LUAL
foot feet
goose geese
tooth teeth
A -> AE
SINGULA !LUAL
antenna antennae"antennas
formula formulae"formulas
ne$ula ne$ulae
*erte$ra *erte$rae
*ita *itae
(USE -> I&E
SINGULA !LUAL
louse lice
mouse mice

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