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Does the noun have to be plural in the title?
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yes
making sure I got it right :)The Men with the Golden Cuffs (regular - cuff becauses cuffs)
Bad Taste in Men (irregular - man becomes men)
Would "tomatoes" be considered an irregular plural, since you have to add the e?
Would this combination work?Book 1: Songs from the Violet Café
Regular plural noun: Songs
Book 2:
Men
Irregular plural noun: Men
This is if one word titles are allowed.
If not:
Leaves of Fire
Irregular plural noun: Leaves
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The Men with the Golden Cuffs (regular - cuff becauses cuffs)
Bad Taste in Men (irregular - man becomes men)"
yep - altho you threw me with your first example, for a minute, because I was saying "men," no that's irregular!
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No, regular plurals add s or es.
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Book 1: Songs from the Violet Café
Regular plural noun: Songs
Book 2:
Men
Irregular plural noun: Men
This is if one word titles are..."
sure, those all work.
Sandy wrote: "Dee wrote: "making sure I got it right :)The Men with the Golden Cuffs (regular - cuff becauses cuffs)
Bad Taste in Men (irregular - man becomes men)"
yep - alth..."
I actually debated using it for irregular first
Sandy wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Would "tomatoes" be considered an irregular plural, since you have to add the e?"No, regular plurals add s or es."
Thanks! It's been a while since grammar school, haha. I'll use my "children" titled book instead!
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Book 1 - The Animators
Animators
Book 2 - Wives and Daughters
Wives"
those work.
How about:Book 1: Sleeping Giants - Giants
Book 2: I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives - Lives
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Do you have a title where the word is made plural.?
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I don't see anything that seems plural about that. For it to be plural, it would have to be multiple "magics" and it doesn't sound like that to me.
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Sure
Will this work?Book 1 The Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House
Book 2 Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen
Thank you 😊
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Book 1 The Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House
Book 2 Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen
Thank you 😊"
Yes
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that's fine, it's still a regular plural noun.
I'm wondering if The Sea Peoples would be considered irregular. People is irregular plural of person, but then has an s (as plural of plural?)
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People is irregular plural of person, but then has an s (as plural of plural?)"
It appears that the term "people" is being used as a singular noun, so "peoples" would be a regular plural.
Sandy wrote: "Julia wrote: "I'm wondering if The Sea Peoples would be considered irregular. People is irregular plural of person, but then has an s (as plural of plural?)"
It appears that the t..."
OK, I'll keep looking. Thanks!
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This is a two book task. The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages. No book with the main page genre childrens or kids may be used for this task.
The English language has many peculiarities, including the ways in which we make nouns plural. For this task, we’ll look at regular and irregular plural nouns.
Book 1 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a regular plural noun. A regular plural noun is one where the plural form is made by adding s, es, or changing a y to an i and adding es. Examples: The Girls, Parties & Potions.
Book 2 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an irregular plural noun – basically, one that is both singular and plural in one form (e.g. deer), one that is made by changing another end letter (elf>elves, memorandum>memoranda), or one that is just different (woman>women, foot>feet, mouse>mice).
The following link gives a number of examples: Singular and Plural Nouns
Examples: Tell the Wolves I'm Home, Men Without Women, Feet of Clay.