Dear friend, for singular names ending in -s, the regular genitive is usual: Davis's , Charles's . Sometimes these nouns are treated as if they were plural: Davis' , Charles' - in this case the ending -s is still pronounced even

What is the vowel sound preceding the final /z/ in words ending in es? Is it /ɪ/, as in the word 'is', or is it /i/, as in the word 'ease'? As in the word "is". Beach, Beaches = Beach is Case, Cases = Case is But when

I am going to lock this thread. There were pages and pages of an old thread with people saying the same thing over and over. I know at least one person said that "stati" is wrong - people over-applying a rule they know about Latin to a

what What does the word effect mean? From www.m-w.com ef·fect Function: noun 1 a: purport, intent b: basic meaning : essence 2: something that inevitably follows an antecedent (as a cause or agent) 3: an outward sign : appearance 4:

Here are some more and some explainations: Note that many form a pattern but the pattern may be broken as with goose/moose/papoose as mentioned above. Phalanx – Phalanges or phalanxes Platypus-platypi or platypuses

That psychology professor at UC Berkeley is misinformed on the subject. Datum is the singular form. Data is the plural form of datum. Check Webster, Oxford, etc. A similar example would be "Media" and "Medium"; Medium is the

I always thought of a diva as a famous female singer until I hear models being called divas recently. Do you call fashion models divas? Hi New2grammar The following is for your information. It answers your question. Main Entry: di·va

I've asked a similar question before. My question was the pronounciation of the final "s", not just plural of nouns. See this thread: http://www.englishforums.com/English/SAndZ/zkcdm/post.htm I've made a summary of what I've