Re: Rules to add -s/-es endings to English nouns

Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Suppose a new species is discovered, and its common name turns out to
be "proose." Is its plural "prooses" or "preese"?

If it's a herd animal, I expect competing plurals "prooses" and
"proose".

Digital Equipment's VAX computers were frequently pluralized as
"VAXen".

(I don't dispute the point that English irregular plurals are
essentially a closed class, but as usual, if you dig deep enough,
complications come to light.)

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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