The plural of mouse is mice, pronounced [mahys]. Mice is an irregular plural noun that doesn’t follow regular pluralization rules, which simply add “-s” or “-es” to the end of the singular form to create the plural form (e.g., dog/dogs and watch/watches).
He was shocked to see three mice run across the kitchen floor.
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The plural of thesis is theses, pronounced [thee-seez]. It’s a Greek-derived irregular plural noun that doesn’t follow regular pluralization rules, which add “-s” or “-es” to the end of the singular to form the plural.
All students were required to defend their theses in front of a committee of faculty members.
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Sheep is both the singular and plural form of the noun “sheep.” Sheep is the correct form whether you are referring to one sheep or many, but the verb (e.g., is or are) that follows “sheep” changes depending on whether it’s singular or plural.
The sheep are being herded by the shepherd. [plural]
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The plural of bias is biases, pronounced [bahy-uh-siz]. Biases is a regular plural noun that follows regular pluralization rules, which add “-s” or “-es” to the end of the singular form to make the plural form.
The committee discussed the political biases influencing the media.
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Dice, pronounced [dahys], is the plural form of the noun die, pronounced [dahy]. It refers to a small cube with numbered sides that typically range from one to six and is most often used to play games.
It’s a somewhat common misconception that the word dice is singular and has a plural form. The fact is that dice is the plural form, and the singular form is die.
After shaking the dice, he threw them across the table.
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There are two plural forms of the word cactus, which are cacti, pronounced [kak-tahy], and cactuses, pronounced [kak-tuh-siz]. Both forms are widely accepted, but cacti tends to be more commonly used.
Many people grow their cactuses/cacti indoors.
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The plural of axis is axes, pronounced [ak-seez.] The word axis most often refers to a central line or point around which objects rotate or are symmetrically arranged.
In geometry, we learned how to calculate distances between points along the axes.
The word axes, pronounced [ak-seez], is more than one axis (i.e., what you see on a graph). The word axes, pronounced [aks-iz], is the plural of the word axe (i.e., what you would use to chop down a tree).
You can differentiate between the two by the context of the sentence it’s used in.
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The plural form of “syllabus” can be either syllabuses, pronounced [sil-uh-buhs-iz] or syllabi, pronounced [sil-uh-bye].
Most words in the English language have only one plural form. However, there are some words that have multiple plural forms (e.g., zeros/zeroes and cactuses/cacti), and “syllabus” is one of them.
Students are expected to read the syllabuses/syllabi carefully to understand the course requirements.
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The plural of “hypothesis” is hypotheses, pronounced [hahy-poth-uh-seez].
“Hypothesis” is a Greek-derived irregular plural noun that follows Greek pluralization rules. Instead of following the common pluralization rules of English, where you simply add “-s” or “-es” to the end of the word, Greek-derived words ending in “-is” are made plural by changing the “-is” to “-es.”
After analyzing the data, the team was able to confirm many of their hypotheses.
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The plural of the noun analysis is analyses, pronounced [uh-nal-uh-seez]. “Analysis” is a Greek-derived word and follows the Greek pluralization rule of changing the “-is” at the end of the singular form to “-es” to form the plural.
Her analyses of market trends helped the company predict consumer behavior.
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