What’s the Plural of Life?
November 20, 2022
The plural of life is lives, as in The Days of Our Lives. ‘Life’ is a singular noun.
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What’s the Plural of Elf?
November 20, 2022
Is there an elf on your shelf? If there were more than one, there are elves on your shelf (or shelves, if you have more
What’s the Plural of Dwarf?
November 20, 2022
Dwarfs is the more common plural. Dwarves refers to mythical creatures, and was popularized by JRR Tolkien.
What’s the Plural of Wife?
November 19, 2022
The plural of wife is wives. Like other nouns that end in f/fe, wife uses -ves as a plural noun.
What’s the Plural of Thief?
November 19, 2022
The plural of thief is thieves. Thief ends in a sibilant (f), which typically take on -ves as a plural noun form.
What’s the Plural of Synopsis?
November 19, 2022
Synopsis as a plural is synopses (pronounced like sin-ops-ease). Synopsis is a singular noun.
What’s the Plural of Syllabus?
November 19, 2022
Syllabus comes from Latin, which has as its original plural noun form syllabi. Over time syllabuses has also come to be accepted as a plural
