What’s the Plural of Shrimp?
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.
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Animal Collectives: A Complete List of Collective Nouns for Animals
A list of all the names of animal collective nouns, for your convenience and ease of perusal (also, they’re hilarious.)
What’s the Plural of Analysis?
Analysis is singular; analyses is plural. Analysis comes from Greek, and uses -ses to show a pl. n. form.
What’s the Plural of Crisis?
Crisis, which comes from Greek, is crises as a plural noun form. Crises is the only correct plural of crisis.
What’s the Plural of Octopus? Octopi? Octopodes?
Octopuses is most commonly accepted as the plural of this eight-limbed sea creature, the octopus.
What’s the Plural of Leaf? Leafs or Leaves?
When to use leafs or leaves depends on whether you’re flipping through a book quickly (past tense verb), or describing foliage.
What’s the Correct Plural of Hoof? (Hoofs or Hooves?)
Quit horsin’ around, both hooves and hoofs are correct plural forms of the hoof.
What’s the Plural of Mouse?
Make no mouse-take, the plural of mouse is mice, when referring to the rodent. For a computer mouse, both computer mouses and computer mice works.