Re: model of Z


T.M. Sommers wrote:
| > Hi Beth,
| >
| > | And regards whether it should be "-s" or "-es" to make it plural, this
| > | works very much like the "a / an" thing we were talking about
| > | before...if the word ends in "s" or a vowel sound, then it's "-es",
| > | otherwise it's "-s"...
| >
| > But the 'whys' wont become 'whyes',
| > and may sometimes turn into 'whies',
| > so which of the 'Ys' make me 'wise'.

| Because it is actually more complicated than that. It also
| depends on what the word is. The above rule applies to ordinary
| nouns. 'Why', however, is an adverb being used as a noun, so the
| ordinary noun rules do not apply. Instead, the default "make it
| plural by adding an 's'" rule is used.

Oh yes, I'm aware of my many mistakes in English typing ...
but I'm not alone here, when reading posts from the 'new-bees' :)

I actually thought about y-ending words, which usually become 'ies'.
German isn't any better, it also got more exceptions than rules.
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wolfgang

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