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• Plural
  ...r languages use an extra word to represent plurality, and some use no true plural form at all; all languages, however, have some way of expressing how many o ...ative'' and ''plurative'' forms, where singular forms are derived from the plural and vice-versa, in cases where the noun refers to more than one unit but fu
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• Plural/Approval
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• Plural/Bibliography
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• Plural/Definition
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• Plural/Related Articles
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• Stadium (sport)
  ...used in contemporary sports discussions. Instead, the conventional English plural "s" is used.
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• Woman/Definition
  Adult female human; plural ''women''.
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• Marji'/Definition
  Authoritative [[Shi'a]] religious scholar; plural [[Maraji']]
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• Marji'iyya/Definition
  ...place with multiple [[Shi'a]] religious authorities (singular [[Marji']], plural [[Maraji']]
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• English irregular nouns/Definition
  English language nouns whose plural forms do not follow the standard rule of adding an –s to the end.
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• Oleh/Definition
  ...ates to Israel as a Jew); oleh is masculine, olah is feminine, and olim is plural
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Retro X
  ''plural'' -lôz '''tábleaux ''plural'' -rôz '''bûreaux
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• Grammatical number
  ...of the verb. For example, the verb 'to be' has the singular case 'is' and plural case 'are'. ...singular forms of the verb such as ''was'', ''am'' and ''is'', as well as plural forms ''were'' and ''are''; this is called a linguistic [[paradigm (linguis
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• Nouns and number/Definition
  Name an object. Singular, one object. Plural, one plus more.
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• Curry (disambiguation)
  ...ns (curry, a food, curry, a tanner, and curry, a groom, is “curries”. The plural of the surname is formed by adding an s to the variant: The Currys or The
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• Paper (disambiguation)
  * Plural of any of above, except that plural sheets of the material are usually ''pieces of paper''
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• Mechanics (disambiguation)
  *Mechanics is also the plural of mechanic, someone who does repair and maintenance work on machines
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• Einsatzgruppe/Definition
  <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>Plural is ''Einsatzgruppen''; Nazi mobile security, and then killing units, which
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• Curry (surname)
  ...uns (curry, a food, curry, a tanner, and curry, a groom, is “curries”, the plural of the surname is formed by adding a final 's' to the variant: ''The Currys
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Retro F
  cf. ''plural'' '''hoôves''': '''hoôf cf. ''plural'' '''roôfs''' *roôves: '''roôf
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• Plural
  ...r languages use an extra word to represent plurality, and some use no true plural form at all; all languages, however, have some way of expressing how many o ...ative'' and ''plurative'' forms, where singular forms are derived from the plural and vice-versa, in cases where the noun refers to more than one unit but fu
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• CZ Talk:Wanted articles
  There were two Russian revolutions in 1917. Article title should be plural, or else two articles. [[User:Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson]] 09:26, 31 Octob
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• Vertex (geometry)
  In geometry, a '''vertex''' (plural ''vertices'') is a special point located at the intersection of two or more
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• Toea
  .... The Toea is one of the few [[British Commonwealth]] currency units whose plural is the same as the singular.The [[currency sign]] for the Toea is 't.'.
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• Pisces
  |sym = Fish (plural)
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• Thank you
  '''Thank you''' (''plural'' '''thank yous''') is a specific expression of gratitude or politeness, in
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• Trousers
  '''Trousers''' (plural word, aka ''pants'' in America) are an outerwear, lower body [[clothing|gar
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• Mouse
  A '''mouse''' (plural ''mice'') is a small [[mammal]] in the order ''rodentia''. The most common
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• Luxating patella
  '''Luxating patella''' (plural ''luxating patellas'' or ''luxating patellae'') is a condition in which the
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• Receipt (disambiguation)
  * Something received, usually used in the plural, ''the receipts''; especially in [[economics]], cash.
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• Noun/Related Articles
  {{r|Plural}}
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• Conjugation (grammar)/Definition
  ...o the grammatical person, tense (present/past/future) and number (singular/plural). In some languages such as English, there are little different verb forms.
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• Kennel (disambiguation)
  ...rty in which many dogs are housed, maintained, and bred, often used in the plural 'kennels'.
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• Voicing (linguistics)/Related Articles
  {{r|Plural}}
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• Gaonim
  ...h communities in [[Babylonia]] from about 580 to 1040 A.D. "Gaonim" is the plural of "gaon," a [[Biblical Hebrew]] term meaning glory or splendor.
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• English grammar/Related Articles
  {{r|Plural}}
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• English noun/Related Articles
  {{r|Plural}}
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• Hungarian language/Related Articles
  {{r|Plural}}
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• Pronoun/Related Articles
  {{r|Plural}}
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• English noun/Catalogs/English irregular nouns
  ...are also many '''irregular nouns''', some with English roots, others with plural forms from Latin, Greek, French, Italian, Hebrew and Arabic. (''The accents ...f''' vary between -'''fs''' and -'''ves'''. In particular, the traditional plural of '''dwårf''' was '''dwårfs''', but [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] popular
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• Quartiere
  A '''quartiere''' (plural: '''quartieri''') is a subdivision of certain [[Italy|Italian]] towns.
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• Czech language
  ...nstrumental and vocative. Cases use both [[grammatical number|singular and plural]] forms.
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• Verb/Related Articles
  {{r|Plural}}
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• Carl Linnaeus
  ...parts, first a [[Latin]] name for the assigned genus (singular form of the plural ‘genera’), and second, a species-specific Latin name indicating the par The plural of 'genus' is 'genera'; the plural of 'species' is 'species'.
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• Sperm production (human)
  ..., involving several portions of the male reproductive system. Spermatozoa (plural of spermatozoon, a single sperm cell) that can fertilize ova and give rise
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• Chavacano language
  |'''1st person plural''' |'''2nd person plural'''
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Common misspellings F
  * {{search link|"familys"|familys|ns0|ns14|ns100}} (families [plural], family's [possessive]) * {{search link|"feets"|feets|ns0|ns14|ns100}} (feet [plural], foot's)
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• Teachta Dála
  ...ament. The term is [[Irish language|Irish]] for "Assembly Delegate." The plural form is Teachta Dálaí. It is usually abbreviated as "TD" and these initi
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• Polygamy
  ...followed Brigham Young to [[Utah (U.S. state)|Utah]] where the practice of plural marriage continued.<ref>[http://www.mscbc.org/video/vid_lvp.htm Lifting the ...tories]]. The LDS Church believed that their religiously-based practice of plural marriage was protected by the [[United States Constitution]],<ref>[http://c
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• Sgraffito
  ...the Italian sgraffire, or ''scratched'', also written as ''Sgraffiti'' as plural) is a visual arts technique used in ceramics, pottery, painting and glass i
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• Dice
  '''Dice''' (plural of 'die', though 'dice' is colloquially used as the singular) are two objec
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• Laigin
  ''Laigin'' is a plural noun, indicating an [[ethnonym]] rather than a geographic term. The use of
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• Phenomenon (Kant's philosophy)
  '''Phenomenon''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: φαινόμενo, plural: φαινόμενα) has a specialized meaning in the [[philosophy]] of [[
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• Grammar (linguistics)/Related Articles
  {{r|Plural}}
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• Mujahideen
  | date = January 1986}}</ref> As a plural noun, however, meaning "holy warriors", it gained currency with Muslim move
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• Genus (biology)
  In [[biology]], a '''genus''' (plural '''genera''') is a [[taxon]], or taxonomic unit in a hierarchical system, f
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• Euro/External Links
  ...ex.html The euro and standardization] ([[Michael Everson]]; including "The plural of euro is Euros!" as well as a discussion on what the words for "euro" and
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• Asana
  .... Traditional usage defines asana as both singular and plural. In English, plural for asana is defined as asanas. In addition, English usage within the conte
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• Puppy
  A '''puppy''' (plural ''puppies'') is an [[youth|immature]] [[dog]]. The shortened form ''pup'' i
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• Modular arithmetic
  ...bers]]. In modular arithmetic, a special number called the '''modulus''' (plural: moduli) is chosen, and whole numbers that leave the same remainder when di
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• Italian language
  ...vowel in the next word. The ''i'' is a semivowel also in the first person plural of some verbs: ''continuiamo, dissanguiamo''. And in the four-vowel sequenc
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Common misspellings B
  ...ink|"babys"|babys|ns0|ns14|ns100}} (babies [plural], baby's, babys [French plural])
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• De analogia
  * ''harena'' should only be used in the singular (singular form: "sand"; plural form: "grains of sand") * ''quadrigae'' ("four-horse chariot") should only be used in the plural
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Apostrophe
  Final apostrophes follow an '''s''' to form the genitive plural of nouns ('''Mánx cáts' tâils'''); otherwise, like initial and medial ap
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• Fian
  A '''''fian''''' (plural ''fianna'') was an early Irish ''männerbund'': a small, semi-independent g
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• Miss
  *in the plural form ("Misses") as an address to unmarried sisters (chiefly British, now ob
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• Dutch language
  ..., the word ''paard'' 'horse' is pronounced [pa:rt], with [t] from /d/. The plural, ''paarden'', however, has retained its original voiced [d] and is pronounc ...dative and genitive forms. Thus, ''huis'' 'house' as a rule only takes the plural ''huizen'', but petrified expressions are ''van goeden huize'' 'from good s
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• Proto-Indo-European language
  ...]s, [[Singular number|singular]], [[Dual number|dual]], and [[Pural number|plural]]; the dual referred to two of anything (as with Arabic) or a natural pair
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• Oasis
  In [[geography]], an '''oasis''' (plural: '''oases''') is an isolated area of vegetation in a [[desert]] or wastelan
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• Apostrophe
  !''plural'' ...’ boòks''' the possessive plural apostrophe is silent and final, after the plural '''s''' of '''gïrls'''.
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• English noun
  ...'rice'), [[case (linguistics)|case]], [[grammatical gender|gender]] and [[plural|number]]. They also have a specific distribution, i.e. can only occur with ...roup, whereas [[British English]] allows singular collective nouns to take plural agreement:
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• Morphology (linguistics)
  ...cond kind are called '''[[word formation|word-formation]]'''. The English plural, as illustrated by ''dog'' and ''dogs'', is an inflectional rule; compounds ...xed to the second word, signaling the key distinction between singular and plural entities.
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Retro A
  '''referénda<ref>Plural of '''referéndum'''; for more words like this, see [[English irregular nou plural of '''empŏrium''': '''empŏria
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• Grammar (linguistics)
  ...t 'grammar' can be reduced to a set of straightforward 'rules', such as "[[plural|pluralise]] an [[English language|English]] [[noun]] by adding ''-s'' to th
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• Power (word)
  # A specific capacity, faculty or aptitude. Often used in the plural.
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Retro S
  plural of '''lúllaby''': -îz '''lúllabîes plural of -'''sís''' in Greek-derived words (see [[English irregular nouns]]) -''
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• Data (general)
  ...same way as its Latin root word, to mean "something given". But its Latin plural "data" has also become singular in English: "this is the data", not "these
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• Antipasto
  The '''antipasto''' (''plural'' '''antipasti''') may consist of a number of different [[food]]s, dependin
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Common misspellings K
  * {{search link|"knifes"|knifes|ns0|ns14|ns100}} (knifes [verb]; knives [plural noun])
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• Incunabulum
  An '''incunabulum''' (plural ''incunabula''; from the [[Latin language|Latin]] for "in the cradle" or "s
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• Quotation marks
  | {{lang|cs|Uvozovka}} (singular), {{lang|cs|uvozovky}} (plural) (''cf.'' {{lang|cs|uvozovat}} = "to introduce") ...fi|Lainausmerkki}} ("citation mark", singular), {{lang|fi|lainausmerkit}} (plural)
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• Cranberry word
  ...usually rightmost. The head will take [[inflection]]s such as [[plurality|plural]] ''-s''. The remaining part of the compound (e.g. ''tea'') modifies the he
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• Pidgin (language)
  ...t three [[Grammatical number|numbers]] in [[pronouns]], singular, dual and plural ([[Bislama]] also has a [[Trial grammatical number|trial]]), and the distin *Words may be [[reduplication|reduplicated]] to represent [[plural]]s, superlatives, and other parts of speech that represent the concept bein
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• German language
  ...ce in number of singular and plural, though some dialects use forms of the plural pronouns that were originally dual forms. Gender assignment is lexicalised, ...ns are inflected with an ''-(e)n'' in all oblique cases and the nominative plural, e.g. ''der Name'':
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• Taoiseach
  ...tic Alphabet for English|IPA:]] {{IPA|[t̪ˠiːʃʲəx]}}, phonetic: TEE-shock — plural: ''Taoisigh'' ({{IPA|[t̪ˠiːʃʲɪj]}} or {{IPA|[t̪ˠiːʃʲɪɟ]}}), an
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• Innings (cricket)
  ...[cricket (sport)|cricket]]. The same word applies to both the singular and plural forms, so a [[cricketer]] might refer to "an innings" and "both innings". T
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• CZ Talk:Sports Workgroup
  the main page has it plural right now. thoughts? [[User:Thomas E Kelly|-Tom Kelly]] [[User talk:Thomas
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• Singapore English
  ...nglish]].<ref>Deterding (2007: 5).</ref> [[affixation|Affixes]] such as [[plural]] ''-s'' may be optional, and the sound [l] may be realised as a [[vowel]];
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Common misspellings O
  * {{search link|"oxens"|oxens|ns0|ns14|ns100}} (oxen [plural] or oxen's)
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• Early Modern English
  ...ving "strong" verbs with different past and preterite forms, and irregular plural nouns.
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• Rembetika
  ...idual musical works, rembetiko (Greek: ρεμπέτικο) being the genre, but the plural has come to be the standard form for both.</ref> The musicians were known
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• Stylus
  A '''stylus''' (plural: ''styli'' or ''styluses'') is a [[writing utensil]]. The word is also used
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• Media
  The term '''Media''' comes from a the plural of the Latin noun "medium," meaning 'in the midst' or 'an intervening space
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• Quince
  ...d was ''quoyn'', later ''quyn'', but already by the early 14th century its plural ''quyns'' was coming to be regarded as a singular. Its geographical origins
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Common misspellings G
  * gasses (acceptable variant of gases [plural of gas])
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Common misspellings H
  * {{search link|"halfs"|halfs|ns0|ns14|ns100}} (half's, halves [plural])
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• Foot (unit)
  The '''foot''' (plural '''foot''' or '''feet'''; symbol or abbreviation: '''ft''' or the single pr
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• Arthritis
  '''Arthritis''' (from Greek ''arthro-'', joint + ''-itis'', inflammation; plural: arthritides) is a group of conditions where there is damage caused to the
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• English spellings/Catalogs/U
  ...on of '''ûses''' depends on whether it is the singular verb *yoôziz or the plural noun *yoôssiz. In '''Díd hê ûse to gô thére?''', however, '''ûse'''
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• Supernova
  A '''supernova''' (plural ''supernovae''), is an exploding [[variable star]] object, that reaches a m
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• Morrígan
  ...in the plural word ''gudemain'' ("spectres")<ref>DIL p. 372</ref> with the plural form ''morrígna''. The 8th century ''O'Mulconry's Glossary'' says that Mac
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• Reproduction (biology)
  ...animals is always by sexual reproduction. The females carry [[Ovum|ova]] (plural of ovum), unfertilized eggs, and males carry or can produce [[sperm]]. The
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• Ulaid
  ''Ulaid'' is a plural noun, indicating an [[ethnonym]] rather than a geographic term. The Ulaid a
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• T (letter)
  In some cases unvoiced '''th''' becomes voiced before a plural '''s''': in '''bāth''', '''th''' is unvoiced, '''bāths''' it is voiced: -
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• Poetevin-Séntunjhaes
  ...not ''one'' Langue d'Oïl but several “Langue<u>'''''s'''''</u> d'Oïl” (in plural). The several varieties traditionally labelled as a “French dialects” w
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Common misspellings P
  * {{search link|paparazzis||ns0|ns14|ns100}} ([[paparazzi]] [plural]) ...paranthesis||ns0|ns14|ns100}} ([[parenthesis]], singular; [[parentheses]], plural)
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• Ottoman Empire/Bibliography
  ...is, eds. ''Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire: The Functioning of a Plural Society '' (1982) [http://www.questia.com/read/52272246 online edition]
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Common misspellings T
  * {{search link|"todays"|todays|ns0|ns14|ns100}} (today's, todays [plural])
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• Palatalization
  ...the [[velar fronting]] of [[Italian language|Italian]] ''parci'' ('parks'; plural) in which the velar plosive is fronted as compared to the non-fronted velar
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• Noun
  ...'rice'), [[case (linguistics)|case]], [[grammatical gender|gender]] and [[plural|number]].<ref>http://www.corollarytheorems.com/Grammar/nouns.htm</ref> The
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• International System of Units
  ...mens]] are exceptions from this rule: they remain the same in singular and plural. Note that this rule only applies to the full names of units, not to their ...tries, the unit "ampere" is often shortened to "amp" (singular) or "amps" (plural).
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• English grammar
  ...[teaching|teachers]] might want to instruct students about how to form a [[plural]] (e.g. "Add an ''s'' to the end of a [[noun]]"), linguists would be more c
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• Y (letter)
  !plural
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• Nova (astronomy)
  A '''nova''' ([[plural]] ''novae'') is a [[star]] of low brightness, that once in a time brightens
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• L (letter)
  ...'', -'''ālf''': '''cālf, hālf, càlm, bàlm, quàlm''', and in the apparently plural '''àlms''': compare '''hålt''', where the '''l''' is pronounced. It is al
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• Euro
  ...icially required to be used in legislation in both the singular and in the plural. Immutable word formations have been encouraged by the European Commission
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• Spelling pronunciation
  ...only for the plural of words from Greek ending in -'''is''': '''crîsis''', plural '''crîsês''' (*crîsêez); but the change means that it can now be heard ...te for learners, as it reduces the distinction between spoken singular and plural to just the '''z''' sound (written '''s''').
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• English spellings/Catalogs/O
  '''ònes''' ''plural'' ('''thêse are the bést ònes''') = '''òne's''' ''possessive, is'' ('''
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• Dravidian languages/Catalogs
  ...bly having “male: non-male” in the singular and “person:non-person” in the plural.
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• English spellings/Catalogs/T
  '''tábleau''' *táblô, plural '''tábleaux''' *táblôze rhymes with '''blôws '''thêsês''' ''plural'' *thêesseez
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• English spellings/Catalogs/P
  '''persôna''', plural -'''aê''' '''phenómena''' ''plural''
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• Ulster Cycle
  ...PPA314,M1 5.28]</ref> Kings are advised by [[druid]]s (Old Irish ''druí'', plural ''druíd''), and poets have great power and privilege. These elements led s
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• Fly
  As defined by [[entomologist]]s, a '''fly''' (plural '''flies''') is any species of [[insect]] of the [[Order (biology)|order]]
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• Mathematics
  ...o the Latin neuter plural ''mathematica'' ([[Cicero]]), based on the Greek plural τα μαθηματικά (''ta mathēmatiká''), used by [[Aristotle]], an ...today. The common English-language abbreviations perpetuate this singular/plural idiosyncrasy, as the word becomes ''math'' in [[North America]], while it i
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• Stratigraphy
  The primary term, '''stratum''' (plural is '''strata''') refers to a layer of rock with specific properties which d
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Common misspellings I
  * {{search link|"inchs"|inchs|ns0|ns14|ns100}} ([[inch]]es [plural])
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• English spellings/Catalogs/B
  '''bîas''' (plural '''bìases''' *bîəsíz) = '''Bŷas''' '''bûreau''' *byûrô, plural '''bûreaux''', *byûrôz, cf. '''pólitburo
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• English spellings/Catalogs/L
  '''lêaves''' ''leave, leaf''—plural of '''lêaf''' ''tree'' and -'''s''' form of the verb '''lêave''' ''go '''léns''' *lénze, plural '''lénses
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• Rabbit
  ...d" and '''shafan''' (שפן) meaning "hyrax", '''shfaním''' (שפנים) being the plural form. Phoenicians called the local rabbits "hyraxes" because hyraxes resemb
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• English spellings/Catalogs/I
  '''índicês''', alternative plural of '''índex
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• Virus (biology)
  ...rpus (See [[plural of virus]]). The word does not have a traditional Latin plural because its original sense, ''poison'' is a [[mass noun]] like the English
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• Reynolds v. United States
  ...d there to be a duty, incumbent on male members of the Church, to practice plural [[marriage]] ([[polygamy]]), circumstances permitting and that this duty wa
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• 22nd United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. :'''Maryland''' <ref>The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.</ref>
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• 21st United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. :'''Maryland''' <ref> The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.</ref>
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• Einsatzgruppe
  In general German military terminology, an '''Einsatzgruppe''' (plural '''Einsatzgruppen''') is a temporary unit for a specific purpose, comparabl
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• 26th United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. :'''Maryland''' <ref>The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.</ref>
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• 25th United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. :'''Maryland''' <ref> The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.</ref>
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• French language
  ...orted a new conception according to which the ''Langue<u>s</u> d'Oïl'' (in plural) would be a subgroup of northern Romance languages and, inside it, each for ...most pronouns are inflected for [[grammatical number|number]] (singular or plural); [[adjective]]s, for the number and [[grammatical gender|gender]] (masculi
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• 24th United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. :'''Maryland''' <ref>The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.</ref>
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• 27th United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. :'''Maryland''' <ref> The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.</ref>
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• Word (language)
  ...word: ''cat'' is a word, and it does not become two words by adding the [[plural]] ''-s''; whereas ''the cat'' is certainly two words, making a phrase. In o
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• English spellings/Catalogs/N
  '''nŏughties''', '''Nŏughties''' ''2000-2009'', sounding like a plural of '''nåughty''' ''bad''
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• Mugwump
  ...id to have given the Mugwumps their political moniker. Dana made the term plural and derided them as amateurs and public moralists.<ref> Sperber and Trittsc
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• 23rd United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. :'''New York''' <ref>There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd
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• Pali
  There are two numbers, singular and plural, and three genders, masculine, feminine and neuter. The number of cases is !Plural
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• Pilus
  A '''pilus''' ([[Latin]] for 'hair'; plural : ''pili'') is a hairlike [[protein]] structure on the surface of a [[cell A '''fimbria''' (Latin, meaning fringe; plural: ''fimbriae'') is a short pilus. They are used for attachment of the cell t
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• Matrix
  A '''matrix''' (plural "matrices") is a mathematical construct generally represented as a rectangu
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• Joseph Smith, Jr.
  ...ere produced from the many women claiming after his death to have been his plural wives. Some are of the opinion that he never practiced it. However, there a ===Plural marriages===
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• Macedonian language
  ! Masculine and Feminine (Plural) ! Neuter (Plural)
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• U.S. customary units
  It is quite common in the United States to use the word "feet" as the plural of the word "foot". One would say that the "A is one foot longer than B". H
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• Chinese characters
  ....g. [[English language|English]] ''cats'' has two morphemes, ''cat'' and [[plural]] ''-s''.</ref> is not clear. Traditional Chinese [[dictionary|dictionaries
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• English spellings/Catalogs/A
  ...he third person singular present tense of the verb (above), the second the plural of the noun (below) '''apólogíes''' ''plural noun''
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• Horace Greeley
  *Greeley considered the word 'news' a plural word and would always correct his staff when they--in his view--mistakenly
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• Hyphen
  ...in these expressions the first noun, being part of an adjective, is never plural: '''thrêe-wêek hóliday, 4-hòur séssion, tén-tòn wèight, thrêe-hú
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Retro D
  '''50 yêars ôld''' as a plural, but hyphens around the singular form when it's an adjective or noun: '''a
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• English spellings/Catalogs/G
  '''gêese''', hard '''g''': ''plural of'' '''goôse
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• English spellings/Catalogs/M
  '''màrè''' ''plain'' (on the Moon or Mercury, plural '''mària''') '''mària''' ''moon'' (plural of '''màrè''', dark "sea" area on Moon or Mercury)
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• English spellings/Catalogs/F
  '''fúngus''', plural '''fúngî''' or '''fúnguses''', all with hard '''g'''
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• Spanish language
  ...<big>ue</big>'''no'' “good (singular)”, ''b<big>'''ue</big>'''nos'' “good (plural)”, ''h'''<big>a</big>'''bla'' “he/she talks”, ''h'''<big>a</big>'''bl
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• Mechane
  ...250px|'''A possible ''mêchanê'' model'''}}A '''''mêchanê''''' (''μηχανῆ'', plural: ''mêchanaí'')<ref>The word was first used by [[Homer]] in his ''[[Iliad]
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• Great Wall of China
  ...Likewise the same can be said of the Ming dynasty Walls, and it should be plural. The Ming Walls were built at various times throughout the dynasty over a p
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• Stellar classification (astrophysics)
  ...ng with early [[Electromagnetic spectrum|spectral]] schema<ref>Schema, the plural of scheme, refers to a way of organising or diagramming a body of facts or
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• TARDIS
  ...sion of the actor [[Christopher Eccleston]] — the line was scripted in the plural).</ref> and is larger insider than out.<ref>This was not a new idea. It had
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• English spellings/Catalogs/H
  '''húsky''' ''dog'', ''voice'', plural '''húskies'''
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• Archive:Monthly Write-a-Thon/December 5, 2007
  :::I would say "are either", because it ''sounds'' right, parents being plural, but if we're selecting from one or the other I've a feeling it would "is e ...lish speakers to use 'Are' here because 'your' and 'parents' are or may be plural, The error is actually in the use of 'either'. The word either requires the
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• Psycholinguistics
  ...s ''dog'' and ''dogs'') and the formation of words based on rules (such as plural formation).
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• English spellings/Catalogs/E
  '''élves''', plural of '''élf
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• English spellings/Catalogs/C
  '''Chîlds''' ''surname'' = '''chîld's''' ''possessive'', cf. '''chíldren''' ''plural'' '''chíldren''', plural of '''chîld'''
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• Communication
  The plural form, [[Communications]], is used to refer to transmission patterns and net
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• CZ Talk:Literature Workgroup
  ...ove and Literary motifs, styles, and techniques just below. If *those* are plural, then why isn't "genres"? [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 04:27, 29
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Common misspellings C
  * {{search link|"countrys"|countrys|ns0|ns14|ns100}} (countries [plural], country's [possessive])
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• Silent and invisible letters in English
  ...ônes's cát''' = AmE '''Jônes' cát'''; this should not be confused with the plural possessive '''s'''' as in '''thêse càrs' lîghts''' (cf. '''thís càr's
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• Constellation
  | Fish (plural)
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Retro N
  singular is -'''man'''; usually -mən, '''é''' when emphasising plural: -'''men
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• English spellings/Catalogs/Common misspellings A
  * {{search link|"alumnis"|alumnis|ns0|ns14|ns100}} (alumni [plural], alumnus [singular])
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• English irregular verbs
  *Past tense: singular indicative '''ẁas''' (*wóz), plural and subjunctive '''wëre'''
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• English spellings/Catalogs/R
  '''referénda''' ''plural''
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• Authorized Version
  ...rally over the same period. Also made consistent was the use of 2nd-person plural pronouns, with "ye" for nominative and vocative, "you" for accusative and d
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• Netherlands
  ...ry is referred to as ''Nederland'', which is a singular noun rather than a plural.
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• 39th United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• Celtic mythology
  ...ronounced as 'More Ree-an'; Queen of demons - sometimes referred to in the plural as Morrigna), but she was also known variously as Nemain (Panic) and Badb C
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• 28th United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• 29th United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• French words in English/Catalogs
  |'''beau''' (singular), '''beaux''' (plural)<ref>The spelling '''beaus''' is not correct in French but is frequent in E |bô ''singular'', bôz plural''<ref>In French, the singular and plural are pronounced the same (bô).</ref>
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• 32nd United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• 30th United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• 40th United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• 28th United States Congress/Delegations
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• 33rd United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• Metaphysics
  ...ish language by way of the [[Medieval Latin]] ''metaphysica'', the neutral plural of [[Medieval Greek]] ''metaphysika''.<ref name="Etymology">{{cite web|url=
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• 34th United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• 31st United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• 35th United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• 41st United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• 36th United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• British and American English
  * In British, '''bacteria''' is the plural of 'bacterium'; in American, 'bacterias' of 'bacteria'. ...people's weights in stones, while American usage gives them in pounds. The plural form 'stones' is not used after a number: 'weighing ten stone'.
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• 36th United States Congress/Delegations
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• Archive:Monthly Write-a-Thon/November 7, 2007
  ...espeare's plays? Then write up one-sentence "precisissisises" (what's the plural of "precis"?) on the new [[William Shakespeare/Works]] page. Then...take y
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• Knight
  An Equestrian (Roman)|Equestrian (Latin language|Latin ''eques'', plural ''equites'') was a member of the second highest social class in the Roman R
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• Science
  ...y study; acquaintance with or mastery of any department of learning. Also (plural) (a person's) various kinds of knowledge. b) Trained skill
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• 38th United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• Glossary of cricket
  ...left of the umpire at the bowler's end. It is also, technically though in plural, a sector of the field between point and off (see below). It is opposite mi Generally referred to as the covers (plural) though cover ''per se'' is a specific infield position (see above). The co
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• Ancient Celtic music/Citable Version
  ...cientCelticCarnyces.jpg/Permission|permission]])</small>]] The ''carnyx'' (plural: ''carnyces''; Greek: ''κάρνυξ''—"karnyx"—or rarely: ''καρνο
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• 37th United States Congress
  ...eceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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• Sephardi Jews
  ...mall>[[Tiberian vocalization|Tiberian]]</small> ''{{unicode|Səp̄arədî}}''; plural '''ספרדים''', <small>[[Hebrew language#Modern Hebrew|Standard]]</smal
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• Cricket (sport)
  ...ses known as [[innings (cricket)|innings]] (same spelling for singular and plural) and, depending on the type of match, there may be two or four innings. In
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• Ancient Celtic music
  ...cientCelticCarnyces.jpg/Permission|permission]])</small>]] The ''carnyx'' (plural: ''carnyces''; Greek: ''κάρνυξ''—"karnyx"—or rarely: ''καρνο
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• Douglas Adams
  ...as Adams. There is an official appreciation society (fan club) named [[ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha]] after the sector of the galaxy in which ''The Hitchhiker's Guide
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• Taliban
  The modern '''Taliban''' (طالبان; from the Farsi plural of Arabic طالب, meaning "student"; also spelt Taleban) movement, or the
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• Iraq War, major combat phase
  ...the Iraqi border. This was called crossing the "berm", although the berms (plural) were earthen walls that made up part of the physical barriers at the borde
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• Atheism
  ...'' was coined in the late 19th century to describe an absence of belief in plural deities. {{ref_harvard|Britannica-2|Encyclopædia Britannica 1910|none}}</r
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• Judaism
  A ''[[kippah]]'' (Hebrew: כִּפָּה, plural ''kippot''; [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]]: יאַרמלקע, ''yarmulke'') i
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• Spanish missions in California
  ...10</ref><ref>Ives, p. 21: "''The route followed by the Serra expeditions (plural) from Loreto to San Diego has been the subject of much study, much field wo
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