What’s the Plural of Loaf? (Loafs or Loaves?)
The simple, sweet answer (much like the subject matter itself) is that the plural of loaf is loaves.
Started Grammarflex(ing) in 2022—been a word nerd and writing enthusiast ever since. (BA, MA in phil).
The simple, sweet answer (much like the subject matter itself) is that the plural of loaf is loaves.
The short answer is that both hippopotamuses and hippopotami are correct plurals for this barrel-bodied and rotund mammal: the hippopotamus.
Aircraft is the same in both its singular and plural noun form. Both are aircraft.
A list of all the names of animal collective nouns, for your convenience and ease of perusal (also, they’re hilarious.)
Either shrimp or shrimps are accepted as the plural of these marine crustaceans and decapods. Shrimp without the -s is more commonly used as the plural form.
Thesis, which means “proposition”, and derives from Greek, is a singular noun. The plural of thesis is theses.
Analysis is singular; analyses is plural. Analysis comes from Greek, and uses -ses to show a pl. n. form.
Cactuses and cacti are both accepted to mean more than one of these sturdy desert plants, the cactus.
Crisis, which comes from Greek, is crises as a plural noun form. Crises is the only correct plural of crisis.