“Think You Know English Plurals?”: Take This 25-Question Quiz And Find Out

Think you know your plurals? From everyday words like “tomato” to tricky Latin and Greek forms like “nucleus” and “appendix,” ...
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Waswasah about using singular and plural forms in supplication - Islamweb - Fatwas

Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. It is true that a person must be honest; my question is the following: is what I am doing (an act of honesty) right, or is it extremism? I ...
The Forward

Peace in the Plural

Samuel Sherman from Cherry Hill, N.J., writes: “In the traditional Hebrew and Yiddish greeting of shalom aleykhem, literally, ‘peace be upon you,’ the ‘you’ [aleykhem] is masculine plural, but the ...
The New York Times

ARE OR IS?; Whether a Plural or a Singular Verb Goes With the Words United States.

Written for THE NEW YORK TIMES SATUR- DAY REVIEW By the Hon. John W. Foster. Formerly Secretary of State, United States Minister To Russia, Spain, &C. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home ...
Los Angeles Times

A Word, Please: Language finds its own way down the plural road

Toyota has been conducting a poll to determine the plural of “Prius.” Will it be Priuses? Will it be the Latin-inspired Prii? Should Prius be like deer, using its singular as its plural? Or how about ...