"Why, of all the hice in this neighborhood, did you have to wander in to
mine?"
--James Thurber
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 5:45 PM, tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> One final post about forming plurals: When a word ends in "f" sound, we
> want to change the spelling to "v", to wit:
>
> knife -> knives
> thief -> thieves
>
> The reason, of course, is that the final plural "s" really sounds like a
> "z". It is easier to end a word pronouncing "vz" than "fz".
>
> Then by analogy, we should do this:
>
> fife -> fives
> chief -> chieves
>
> Looks good to me!
>
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com<OliveStarlightOrchestra%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Joy McCann <joy.mccann_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > There is no singular form of the word. --J
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 3:20 PM, jack Watt <jacks6cats_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I think it needs an accent aigu (sp?) in order to make it clear.
> > > Jack
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: tschibasch <tschibasch_at_... <tschibasch%40yahoo.com>>
> > > To: OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com<OliveStarlightOrchestra%40yahoogroups.com>
> <OliveStarlightOrchestra%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 2:39:18 PM
> > > Subject: [OliveStarlightOrchestra] Re: iPod vs. Walkman (Keith, Alex,
> Dean
> > > . . . and everyone)
> > >
> > > How about converting plural nouns to a singular ones?
> > >
> > > I am curious about the word 'mores' (meaning custom or habitual
> practice).
> > > Would the singular be 'more'? Here again, people might say that it is,
> but
> > > it looks a little odd.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > --- In OliveStarlightOrche stra_at_yahoogroups .com, "Rin Watt"
> <katecwatt_at_
> > > ..> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'll agree with John that DVDs looks awkward.
> > > >
> > > > However, I'll agree with Joy that it's right.
> > > >
> > > > And I'll stick to my original assessment of apostrophe apostasy. It's
> > > both mellifluous and polysyllabic, and it gets extra credit. I have
> spoken.
> > > >
> > > > Rin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Joy McCann <joy.mccann_at_ > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > No! No extra credit until he gets the issue right in the first place!
> How
> > > could you have any pudding when you haven't finished your meat?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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