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The Plural-Forms line tells gettext how many plural forms there are in the language and how to use them. For example:
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"Platypus" or "platypuses" are both accepted plural forms. The plural of platypus is not platypi.
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There are three forms of the plural of octopus; namely, octopuses, octopi, and octopodes. Thanks for using ChaCha!
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For now, YES. We are currently working on a tool that will match up against forms of keywords for more extensive search results.
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Despite the fact that English derives from many languages, there are rules, and exceptions to those rules, for forming plurals. See the article at the site below. As you can see from the Content headings at that page, there are quite a few ...
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Some have suggested that this plurality is merely a plural of majesty, like the ‘royal we’ grandly used by kings, queens and others today. However, the kings of Israel and Judah were all addressed in the singular in the Bible accounts. Ling...
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As far as I'm concerned, the difference is usually clear in context. The exceptions are too rare to warrant a new form. Second person plural, though? That's a whole 'nother bucket of kittens. We need one of those much more than we need a...
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No. The morphological component of the WordNet library is unidirectional. Along with a set of irregular forms (e.g. children - child), it uses a sequence of simple rules, stripping common English endings until it finds a word form present i...
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They are supposed to be unique names. We don't ordinarily say that two Peters or two Anns have come to see you. We do say that two men or two women have come to see you.
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The bottom line is that TOEFL will allow what is commonly known to native speakers. Many plural nouns as adjectives exist in common usage, and these could easily show up on the TOEFL.
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