In English, s is used for many nouns to make the plural form. The s in boys has meaning. The s in school does not. It's every bit that tells you something about a word, such as prefixes, suffixes, root words, etc.

equivocal It would be erroneous to say that the suffixes in a), b) and c) are the same. Orthographically maybe, and that only would be for a) and b). Even then only for regular plurals and verbs. c) has an apostrophe which makes a world of a

The "-s" is the most common suffix left in English by now, it took over several functions: a) plural indicator: one apple - two apples b) 3rd ps sg inflection indicator: sing - he sings c) genitive ending: Jon's house It would be

Acceptable in published work and acceptable in Scrabble are very different things. True. I would assume any Scrabble dictionary is very much proper a subset of English. One wouldn't think so, judging from the comments made by passers-by on