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   Hi again, Alexander!  Continuing my previous reply to you:   
      
   AH>  Can you pluralize these words?   
      
   AK>  I will not ask Google. ;)   
      
      
              This is an "open-book" exam with no time limit, meaning you are at   
   liberty to consult Uncle Google or not as you prefer... [chuckle].   
      
      
      
   AK>  tooth  _teeth_   
      
      
              Correct.   
      
      
      
   AK>  lens  _it is the plural form_   
      
      
              No... the plural is "lenses".   
      
              In a wonderful example of synchronicity, you posted an example not   
   long afterwards about somebody who lost a contact lens during a cricket game.   
   Whenever I learn a new word I often notice it again somewhere else... [grin].   
      
      
      
   AK>  cactus _cactuses_ (although I vaguely remember there also   
   AK>  is another form).  But my variant is also correct, is it?   
      
      
              Yes.  I'd say "cacti", but "cactuses" is widely accepted too.  :-)   
      
      
      
   AK>  goose  _geese_   
      
      
              Correct.   
      
      
      
   AK>  moose (a new word for me) _the same form in plural_   
      
      
              Ah.  I should have guessed the term would be unfamiliar, but you're   
   right.  It's a species of large deer (Alces alces) found in North America & in   
   Eurasia.  When the inhabitants of the New World were asked "What's that?" they   
   answered by saying something which sounded +/- like "moose".  When people from   
   Sweden were asked the same question they answered with something which sounded   
   +/- like "elk".  As a result, "moose" = "elk" in British English.  :-)   
      
      
      
   AK>  mouse  _mice_   
      
   AK>  brother-in-law  _brothers-in-law_   
      
   AK>  wife  _wives_   
      
   AK>  woman  _women_   
      
      
              All correct.   
      
      
      
   AK>  index  _indexes_   
      
   AK>  memorandum  _memorandums_   
      
   AK>  millennium  _millenniums_   
      
      
              Yes... or indices, memoranda, and millennia.   
      
      
              9/10 correct!  Very good....  :-)   
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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