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Plural Form of Irregular Nouns

The document discusses irregular plural forms of various nouns in English including alumnus/alumni, fungus/fungi, and octopus/octopi. It also covers some irregular plural forms such as sheep/sheep, deer/deer, and child/children. The document provides examples of irregular plural forms for many different types of nouns.

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Plural Form of Irregular Nouns

The document discusses irregular plural forms of various nouns in English including alumnus/alumni, fungus/fungi, and octopus/octopi. It also covers some irregular plural forms such as sheep/sheep, deer/deer, and child/children. The document provides examples of irregular plural forms for many different types of nouns.

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alumnus alumni

Genus
genera
nucleus nuclei
syllabus syllabi
hippopotamus hippopotami
octopus octopi
fungus fungi
Cactus cacti
Focus foci
analysis analyses
Diagnosis diagnoses
neurosis neuroses
oasis oases
crisis crises
emphasis emphases
thesis theses
Ellipsis ellipses
aquarium aquaria
bacterium bacteria
curriculum curricula
memorandum memoranda
Addendum addenda
Datum data
Erratum errata
chateau chateaux
plateau plateaux
Alumna alumnae
die dice
fish fish/fishes
Trout trout/trouts
cod cod/cods
Shrimp shimp/shrimps
Quail quail/quails
Chick chick/c
Man man
woman women
person people
Child children
Ox oxen
deer deer
moose moose
Swine swine
Bison bison
sheep sheep
series series
species species
Aircraft aircraft
Vita
vitae
Appendix appendices
Index
indices

Apex apices
Codex codies
foot feet
tooth teeth
Goose geese
mouse mice
Louse lice

IRREGULAR PLURAL FORM OF THE NOUNS

wharf wharves

waltz waltzes
COMBINED NOUNS _ PLURAL FORM

runner-up runners-up
son-in-law sons-in-law

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