balls
Most nouns
Add s
balls
tables
cars
trucks
girls
windows
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foxes
keys
babies
Most nouns
that end in:
ch, sh, s, x, z
Add es
Most nouns
that end in:
vowel + y
Add s
Most nouns
that end in:
consonant + y
y becomes ies
churches
wishes
bases
foxes
buzzes
boys
holidays
keys
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baby babies
country
countries
family
families
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radios
tomatoes
knives
teeth
Most nouns
that end in:
Most nouns
that end in:
f or fe
Change f or
fe to ves
Some nouns
change sounds
in the plural
Add s
Some nouns
that end in:
consonant + o
Add es
radios
videos
pianos
Latinos
potatoes
heroes
volcanoes
tomatoes
wife wives
wolf wolves
life lives
o
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tooth teeth
mouse mice
goose geese
foot feet
man men
louse lice
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oxen
Some nouns
still use
Old English
plurals
child children
ox oxen
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three deer
Some nouns
do not change
in the plural
fish
deer
sheep
moose
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Some foreign
words keep
their original
plurals
cactus cacti
oasis oases
radius radii
crisis crises
thesis theses
datum data
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If you refer to
more that one
computer mouse,
you can say:
mouse devices
(preferred)
computer mouses
mouses
mice
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