What’s the Plural of Symposium?
December 4, 2022
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
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What’s the Plural of Swine?
December 4, 2022
Swine is used for both the singular and plural forms of swine (as in the ruminant, the pig).
What’s the Plural of Stratum?
December 4, 2022
Both strata and stratums are accepted plurals of the Latin noun, stratum.
What’s the Plural of Status?
December 4, 2022
Statuses and status are both accepted plurals of status. Status is the more common of the two.
What’s the Plural of Spectrum?
December 4, 2022
Spectrums or spectra are both accepted plurals of spectrum.
Are Scissors Singular or Plural?
December 4, 2022
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 Platypus? (Platypi, Platypuses?)
December 4, 2022
Platypus, also called the duck-billed platypus, accepts either platypi, platypuses, and platypus as a plural form.
What’s the Plural of Pants?
December 4, 2022
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
