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Spelling Rules -- Making Noun Plurals - Page 4
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Rule 9C:
Some plural forms ending in -o end in -os or -oes. Some may use either. See
Tables below.
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Only -oes
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1. echoes
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2. embargoes
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3. heroes
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4. potatoes
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5. tomatoes
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6. torpedoes
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7. vetoes
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Either -os or -oes
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1. avocados/oes
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2. buffaloes/os
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3. cargoes/os
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4. desperadoes/os
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5. dominoes/os
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6. ghettos/oes
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7. grottoes/os
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8. hoboes/os
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9. innuendoes/os
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10. lassos/oes
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11. mangoes/os
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12. mosquitoes/os
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13.l mottoes/os
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14. mulattos/oes
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15. noes/os
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16. palmettos/oes
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17. peccadilloes/os
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18. tornadoes/os
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19. volcanoes/os
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20. zeros/oes
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Rule 10:
The plurals of single capital letters, acronyms and Arabic numerals (1,
2, 3,) take an 's' without an apostrophe:
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1. Z (the capital letter Z) --- Zs
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2. POS (Point Of Sale) --- POSs
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3. ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) --- ATMs
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4. 7 (the Arabic numeral 7) --- 7s
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