What do you suggest doing with people who use "phenomena" in the singular because they think it sounds more intelligent?

I just heard Michelle Obama say lettuces in reference to the new garden at the White House...can we call that relevant?

Here people is plural, so 1) is right. If you see every people carrying two umbrellas, you can still write "umbrellas". A more corrected form of your sentence would be: I see people carrying open umbrellas. I see people carrying two open

can u give me some examples of this subject thanks

antennas, antennae You're right but I hate that. The irregulars are much more fun. They're like the raisins in raisin bread. Without them, you just have bread.

geese (interestingly, goose becomes geese, moose remains moose and papoose becomes papooses.) mice (Again, mouse becomes mice but house becomes houses and yet, die becomes dice. I’m talking about the cubes with numbers on them that are used in

And some words have both the original plural form, as well as the -s form, which is probably evolving to replace the original (irregular) form. curriculua, curriculums radii, radiuses nuclei, nucleuses oxen, oxes (more than 2!) amebae, amebas

Yes, fishes is possible and it usually means "species of fish" rather than several individuals. Trout is one of the most popular fishes to catch. The most common plural is "fish" He caught a lot of fish. There are ten fish in

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

Here's more: Phalanx – Phalanges or phalanxes Platypus-platypi or platypuses Octopus-octopi Diploma – diplomata or diplomas Half-halves Wolf-wolves Loaf-loaves Focus-foci Analysis-analyses Crisis-crises