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Plurals of words ending in -o
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florimago
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Plurals of words ending in -o
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Hi there ! I �m really puzzled with the plural of the words ending in -o as I can´t find a general rule to explain when they add -s or -es . How can you explain that the plural of t"omato " is tomatoes but the plural of piano is "pianos ". Thanks for your comments in advance ! Flori |
7 Sep 2015
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LenaMar
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http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/23229/is-there-a-good-rule-of-thumb-for-plurals-from-words-ending-in-o |
7 Sep 2015
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cunliffe
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Words of English derivation take �es � e.g. heroes, tomatoes, potatoes. Foreign words adopted by English do not e.g. ghettos. Piano is a shortened form for painoforte, so I guess abbreviations don �t get the extra e. Names don �t get the extra e, e.g. torpedos. |
7 Sep 2015
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florimago
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Well I knew that shortened forms just added "S" , for example , photos and I didn´t know about " pianoforte " !!! |
7 Sep 2015
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