Note 87 – A test on plurals

A work colleague asked me what the plural of matrix was today so I guessed matrices, looked it up and I was right.  This gave me an idea for today’s blog. Please find below some singular words – see if you can guess what their plurals are.  The answers are at the end of the blog:

1. Appendix
2. Journey
3. Tomato
4. Wife
5. Child
6. Bacterium
7. Criterion
8. Fugus
9. Cactus
10. Index
11. Goose
12. Potato

That’s all for today.  As always, I am happy to take requests on the subject of grammar/punctuation/writing tips or similar.  

Until tomorrow…

Sandra

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Answers (the first word is the singular and the second word is the plural)

1. Appendix – Appendices
2. Journey – Journeys
3. Tomato – Tomatoes
4. Wife – Wives
5. Child – Children
6. Bacterium – Bacteria
7. Criterion – Criteria
8. Fugus – Fungi
9. Cactus – Cacti (or cactuses can be used)
10. Index – Indices (or indexes can be used)
11. Goose – Geese
12. Potato – Potatoes