Common Errors in English - 2

Date: 14.09.2007





Let us now see the plurals of the following nouns. The plurals of these nouns are not obtained by simply adding "s" at the end of the singular, as in the case of most of the other nouns in English.





Singular/Plural





* datum/data





* alga/algae





* alumna (feminine gender)/alumni





* alumnus (masculine gender)/alumni





* axis/axes





* bacterium/bacteria





* child/children





* criterion/criteria





* foot/feet





* fungus/fungi





* insignia/insigniae





* man/men





* nucleus/nuclei





* phenomenon/phenomena





* radius/radii





* symposium/symposia





* tooth/teeth





* woman/women