What’s the Plural of Pants?
Pants are a plural-only noun, with no singular noun form, since pants are made up of parts. As a singular, pants are called ‘a pair of pants’.
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Elan Yash
Elan is head of design and tech. He's also a contributor at Grammarflex.
What’s the Plural of Platypus? (Platypi, Platypuses?)
Platypus, also called the duck-billed platypus, accepts either platypi, platypuses, and platypus as a plural form.
Are Scissors Singular or Plural?
Often called ‘a pair of scissors,’ scissors are only referred to as a plural, since it’s made up of parts.
What’s the Plural of Status?
Statuses and status are both accepted plurals of status. Status is the more common of the two.
What’s the Plural of Stratum?
Both strata and stratums are accepted plurals of the Latin noun, stratum.
What’s the Plural of Swine?
Swine is used for both the singular and plural forms of swine (as in the ruminant, the pig).
What’s the Plural of Symposium?
Symposium comes from Latin, and so its original Latin plural form is symposia. Over time and frequent misuse, symposiums has also become accepted as a plural.
What’s the Plural of Antenna? Antennae or Antennas?
Both antennas and antennae are plurals for antenna. The original Latin plural is antennae.
