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- noun Plural form of
plural .
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It's not mistaken (like apostrophes in plurals), ugly (like straight quotes in a non-typewriter font), or potentially confusing.
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Personally I prefer not to use apostrophes at all in plurals; one way to avoid them when counting words or letters is by enclosing the word or letter in quotation marks: ‘if’s, ‘p’s and ‘q’s.
Preposterous Apostrophes II: Pluralization « Motivated Grammar 2007
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In honor of the most recent of my alma maters (please, no comments about Latin plurals), I must commend the Historic Pittsburgh project mounted by the University of Pittsburgh.
Archive 2005-08-01 2005
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Aêschylus encyclopaêdia; unstressed in Latin plurals: nébulae nôvae fŏrmulae oê: BrE (BrE; AmE has ê alone) from Greek:
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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A “grocer’s apostrophe” is an apostrophe that is used (incorrectly) in plurals (e.g. on a sign saying “apple’s: 50 cents”).
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· While talking, Georgians describing "plurals" comes in the form of: "The lake dropped 28 foot."
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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Since its earliest days, English has shifted a lot in how it treats plurals and possessives, and indeed verbs.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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It offers a simple way to make plurals: given twice, nouns are literally “pluralized.”
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Since its earliest days, English has shifted a lot in how it treats plurals and possessives, and indeed verbs.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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It offers a simple way to make plurals: given twice, nouns are literally “pluralized.”
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
Logophile77 commented on the word plurals
"Plural form of plural."
Love it.
January 23, 2018