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Dalia Y

Started Grammarflex(ing) in 2022—been a word nerd and writing enthusiast ever since. (BA, MA in phil).

What’s the Plural of Child?

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The plural of child (which is singular), is children (plural noun). Like man and woman, children is an irregular plural noun in English since it doesn’t end in -s/-es.

What’s the Plural of Half?

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The plural of half (rhymes with calf) is halves. Half is a sibilant, and like calf, loaf, and wolf, each uses -ves to denote a plural noun form.

What’s the Plural of Elf?

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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 than one shelf, too).

What’s the Plural of Wharf?

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The plural of wharf is wharfs or wharves. Singular nouns that end in f/fe normally take on ves as a plural.

What’s the Plural of Syllabus?

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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 of syllabus.