What’s the Plural of Hero? Heros or Heroes?
Not all heroes wear capes, and yes, ‘heroes’ is the correct plural of hero.
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plural nouns
English nouns that are countable can be plural or singular (mention one or more than one of that thing, person object). Nouns will look different (i.e., use other spelling) based on whether they’re being used as a singular or plural.
Regular nouns will simply add “s” or “es”. Irregular nouns end in something other than “s” or “es”. While this sounds simple enough, because of the amount of nouns there are in English, and the number of irregular noun forms that exist, learning the correct spelling can be difficult.
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What’s the Plural of Rhinoceros?
Rhinoceros, rhinoceroses and rhinoceri are all accepted to mean more than one of these nose-horned mammals.
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.
What’s the Plural of Codex?
The plural of codex is codexes and codices. Codex comes from the Latin, and uses Latin suffixes.
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 Status?
Statuses and status are both accepted plurals of status. Status is the more common of the two.
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.
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.