<h2 id="confusing-plurals">Confusing plurals</h2>
<p>In this episode, the fourth of this series, I’m looking at some words that have singular and plural forms that are very different. These lead to a lot of confusion as we’ll see.</p>
<p>I also want to look at the way that English is evolving in some very strange and apparently senseless ways!</p>
<p><small><b>Personal note:</b> I notice I started preparing this show in 2019; unfortunately, COVID messed up my productivity for the next two years, but I hope I can now begin to be productive again! </small></p>
<h2 id="long-notes">Long notes</h2>
<p>I have provided detailed notes as usual for this episode, and these can be viewed by following <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3525/full_shownotes.html">the full notes link</a>.</p>
<h2 id="links">Links</h2>
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<li>Plural of <em>thesis</em>:
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<li><a href="https://www.grammar-monster.com/plurals/plural_of_thesis.htm">Grammar Monster</a>
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<li>This link has some good advice for dealing with weird plurals, though some you just have to remember, there are no rules!</li>
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<li>Irregular plurals which end with <code>"ae"</code> (or <code>"æ"</code>):
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<li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_irregular_plurals_ending_in_%22-ae%22">Wiktionary</a>
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<li>This is a list of these plurals, 159 of them at the time of writing. Many of these are obsolete however.</li>
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<li>The “is is” problem:
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<li><a href="https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/36683/why-do-some-people-say-the-reason-is-is-that-with-is-twice-in-a-row">StackExchange: <em>Why do some people say “the reason is is that,” with “is” twice in a row?</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/effective-writing/what-is-is-is-is-exasperating/">GrammarBook.com: What Is-Is Is, Is Exasperating</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_copula">Wikipedia article on the <em>Double Copula</em></a></li>
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<li>“Honing in”:
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<li><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hone%20in">Merriam-Webster: <em>hone in</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ07FbgQkqk"><em>Me Ears Are Alight</em> old British advertisement</a></li>
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<li>Previous episodes in this series:
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<li><a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2558">Battling with English - part 1</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2596">Battling with English - part 2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2751">Battling with English - part 3</a></li>
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