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pieanne
#75064 Sat, 19 Feb 05 01:46 PM
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What's the plural of "axis" ?
Do all words ending in -is have the same plural?
How would the possessive form of such a plural look like?
Thanks in advance
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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...
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Mister Micawber
#75067 Sat, 19 Feb 05 03:06 PM
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One axis, two axes. The axis's ordinate is horizontal. The axes' ordinates are horizontal.
I don't know whether they are all -is/-es, Pieanne. Let's check:
one emphasis, two emphases.
one analysis, two analyses.
one crisis, two crises.
one prognosis, two prognoses.
one diagnosis, two diagnoses.
one basis, three bases.
The ones I can think of all seem to have the classic Latin plurals. There are probably some that do not, though-- after all, this is English.
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pieanne
#75081 Sat, 19 Feb 05 05:20 PM
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