Episode 158: Planting Seeds
The History of English Podcast
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How to Make a Noun Plural
Sparks account shows that the plural suffix could be written down as either s or es in the mid-1500s. In fact, most of his plural nouns are spelled with es. But carrots and parsnips are made plural with a simple s. Today if we want to make a noun plural, we usually add an s to the end.
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