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What is a foreign plural?
Some nouns in English are borrowed from other languages like Latin and Classical Greek. Their pluaral forms are referred to as '''''foreign plurals.''''' -grade 6 ba'ash 2010-2011
What is the form of octopus's?
The plural of Octopus is Octopuses. Octopodes is also acceptable but rarely used. The common misconception that the plural is octopi comes from the incorrect assumption that Octopus is a Latin word, it is in fact Greek.According to the authoritative Oxford English Dictionary, "the standard plural in English of octopus is octopuses. However , the word octopus comes from Greek and the Greek plural form octopodes is still occasionally used . The plural form octopi, formed according to rules for some Latin plurals, is incorrect"
What is the foreign plural of octopus?
octopuses
What do you call more than one octopus?
The standard English plural of octopus is octopuses. However, the word octopus comes from Greek, and the Greek plural form is octopodes ( |äkˈtäpəˌdēz|). Modern usage of octopodes is so infrequent that many people mistakenly create the erroneous plural form octopi, formed according to rules for Latin plurals.
What is foreign plural and English plural of octopus?
There are several plural forms of the word octopus: Octopuses is the most often used form cited in references in the US, but other forms are accepted such as octopi and octopodes.
What is the foreign plural and English plural of octopus?
There are several plural forms of the word octopus: Octopuses is the most often used form cited in references in the US, but other forms are accepted such as octopi and octopodes.
What is the foreign plural form of octopus?
octopi
What is 'octopus' when translated from English to Italian?
"Octopus" in English is piova, polipo or polpo in Italian.
Why add s to make plurals?
It is a common rule of the English language.
Why you use s and es in English grammar?
so you can make plurals
What is the plural noun for octupses?
The word octopuses is a plural for for the singular octopus. Another plural form is octopi. Both plurals are accepted and in most dictionaries.
What are the rules in changing foreign word to plural nouns?
The fiestas' paths go past the statues in front of all the inglesias in all the pueblos in the area. To make a foreign noun plural, simply write the noun and follow English rules. The few exceptions are holdovers from Latin. The shortened forms alum and alums have replaced the longer endings. Fact is singular. Facts or data is plural. Foreign words are listed in dictionaries in their singular form. As a result, only by using English plural forms can you find their meaning when they are used in English. Since no one could be expected to know the plural forms of all foreign languages, no one would be expected to use foreign words using foreign plurals. In fact some foreign plurals would be so different from the base word, they would be impossible to understand. In a different context this happens in a Spanish-English Dictionary. Irregular preterits are quite different from the main verb and are not in the dictionary. Two reference sources must be searched to find their meaning.
