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Latest post Wed, Oct 15 2003 9:14 PM by Guest. 2 replies.
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Guest  +  10837 Wed, 15 Oct 03 09:14 PM
Why is the plural of thief = thieves,
but the plural of chief is chiefs?
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Mike in Japan  +  10868 Thu, 16 Oct 03 05:44 AM
I don't think there is a rule to explain this. English has many irregularities.
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Woodward  +  11090 Sat, 18 Oct 03 05:07 PM
I don't thing this is a rule to this one either. Many times there are exceptions of the exceptions. And this is one.
Another one for you is 'Roof' in plural is 'Roofs'.
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