Guest  +  26332 Fri, 26 Mar 04 12:52 PM could you please give me a words list which has the same spelling for both plural and singular Guest Plurals, Spelling

	rommie  +  26337 Fri, 26 Mar 04 02:17 PM fish sheep euro dice (modern usage only - historically and in formal writing the singular is "die") There may be more, but I can't think of them right now. Rommie rommie Joined on Mon, Jan 26 2004 Earth orbit Regular Member 606 Plurals

	Pemmican  +  26354 Fri, 26 Mar 04 08:01 PM Euro (the currency?) remains Euro also in Plural? Thank you for the info, Rommie, I didn't know that. Pemmican Joined on Thu, Aug 21 2003 Regular Member 569 Wâ mag ich mich nu vinden? wâ mac ich mich nu suochen, wâ? nu bin ich hie und bin ouch dâ und enbin doch weder dâ noch hie. wer wart ouch sus verirret ie? wer wart ie sus... Plurals

	chris  +  26357 Fri, 26 Mar 04 08:27 PM Yep, all valid. I can think of a few more: data media innings (as in my beloved sport; cricket) odds By the way, I didn't know about the Euro one - I don't come from a country that deals in euro(s)??? chris Joined on Mon, Apr 7 2003 Malta Contributing Member 1,105 Plurals, Cricket

	rommie  +  26378 Sat, 27 Mar 04 05:43 AM I believe that someone, somewhere, decided that the plural of euro (the currency) would be euro because English is not the only language spoken in Europe. Since different languages form plurals in different ways, you would otherwise have ended up with a different plural in each language. Rommie rommie Plurals

	rommie  +  26379 Sat, 27 Mar 04 05:52 AM What is an odds? I'm going to dispute "data", I'm afraid. In traditional use, data is the plural of datum (a datum being a piece of information, a 'fact'). In modern use, data is regarded as a mass-noun (you never say "a data") and so doesn't really count (unless we count all mass-nouns). I think you can argue the case for media in modern usage, but remember that in traditional and formal usage, media is still the plural of medium. Rommie rommie Plurals, Nouns

	maj  +  26385 Sat, 27 Mar 04 09:39 AM It might also be because English people aren't unfortunately using the euro. If they ever do that they'll probably end up saying euros like the rest of Europe. maj Joined on Mon, Mar 31 2003 Senior Member 4,756 Plurals

	rommie  +  26398 Sat, 27 Mar 04 02:37 PM OK, I've done some research and got the definitive answer on the euro. This information comes from the European Commission Translation Service's English Style Guide. Guidelines on the use of the euro, issued via the Secretariat-General, state that the plurals of both 'euro' and 'cent' are to be written without 's' in English. Do this when amending or referring to legal texts that themselves observe this rule. Elsewhere, and especially in documents intended for the general public, use the natural plural with 's' for both terms. Note the final sentence, which, in effect, says "yes you can use -s after all". This document uses "euros", not "euro", as the plural form. I think, therefore, we'll have to remove it from the list, except in legal texts. Rommie rommie Plurals, Translation