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    This document discusses irregular plurals in English. It explains that some nouns form their plural by changing the vowel sound (e.g. man/men), while others add -s (e.g. ox/oxen). Nouns ending in consonant + y typically add -ies (e.g. lady/ladies). Some nouns ending in -f or -fe add -ves (e.g. knife/knives). Common words ending in -o add -oes (e.g. tomato/tomatoes). Foreign words often keep their original plural forms.

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    Plurales Irregulares

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    This document discusses irregular plurals in English. It explains that some nouns form their plural by changing the vowel sound (e.g. man/men), while others add -s (e.g. ox/oxen). Nouns ending in consonant + y typically add -ies (e.g. lady/ladies). Some nouns ending in -f or -fe add -ves (e.g. knife/knives). Common words ending in -o add -oes (e.g. tomato/tomatoes). Foreign words often keep their original plural forms.

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    IRREGULAR PLURALS Traductor

    Basic knowledge

    Plural in en/-ren:

    an ox/oxen

    a child/children

    Vocalic plural (change of vowel):

    a man/men

    a woman/women

    a foot/feet

    a tooth/teeth

    a mouse/mice

    To form the plural of nouns ending in consonant + y, we add -ies to the singular:

    a lady/ladies

    a family/families

    a country/countries

    Be careful - nouns ending in vowel + y have a regular plural :

    a key/keys

    a boy/boys

    More about it

    Thirteen nouns ending in -f or -fe end in -ves in the plural:

    knife/knives

    life/lives

    wife/wives

    wolf/wolves

    elf/elves

    shelf/shelves

    loaf/loaves

    calf/calves

    half/halves

    thief/thieves

    sheaf/sheaves

    self/selves

    leaf/leaves

    Common words ending in consonant + o end in -oes in the plural:

    tomato/tomatoes

    potato/potatoes

    hero/heroes

    Words ending in -o end in -os in the plural when they are foreign words or when
    they are abbreviations:

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    photo/photos

    radio/radios

    archipelago/archipelagos

    crescendo/crescendos

    Expertise

    Some foreign words have kept their original plurals.

    Latin words:

    axis/axes

    larva/larvae

    datum/data

    Greek words:

    hypothesis/hypotheses

    crisis/crises

    phenomenon/phenomena

    analysis/analyses

    French words:

    beau/beaux

    bureau/bureaux
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