What’s the Plural of Schema?
Schema comes from Greek; it’s original pl. n. is schemata. Nowadays either schemas or schemata are accepted as plurals of schema.
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Elan Yash
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Are Shorts Plural or Singular?
Shorts are a plural noun with no singular noun form because shorts are made of pairs.
What’s the Plural of Stigma?
Stigmata and stigmas are both accepted plural forms of the singular noun, stigma. Stigma comes from the Greek, and is originally stigma/stigmata.
What’s the Plural of Trousers?
Trousers is only referred to as a plural noun, and has no singular noun form.
What’s the Plural of Focus?
Focuses is now much more commonly used as the plural of focus. Foci is also correct.
Are Glasses Singular or Plural?
Glasses are a ‘plural-only’ noun, and are only used as a plural noun. Objects that are made up of parts/pieces/pairs are called plural-only.
What’s the Plural of Locus?
Locus, which comes from the Latin word meaning, “a place” (as in, location), has loci as its plural noun form.
