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== Plurals == | == Plurals == | ||
''See also: [[Wikipedia:English plurals#Collective noun|Collective nouns]] | :''See also: [[Wikipedia:English plurals#Collective noun|Collective nouns]] | ||
Use the appropriate plural; allow for cases (such as ''[[Wikipedia:Excursus|excursus]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Hanif|hanif]]'') in which a word is now listed in major English dictionaries, and normally takes an ''s'' or ''es'' plural, not its original plural: {{xt|two excursuses}}, not {{!xt|two ''excursi''}} as in Latin; {{xt|two hanifs}}, not {{!xt|two ''hanufa''}} as in Arabic. | Use the appropriate plural; allow for cases (such as ''[[Wikipedia:Excursus|excursus]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Hanif|hanif]]'') in which a word is now listed in major English dictionaries, and normally takes an ''s'' or ''es'' plural, not its original plural: {{xt|two excursuses}}, not {{!xt|two ''excursi''}} as in Latin; {{xt|two hanifs}}, not {{!xt|two ''hanufa''}} as in Arabic. | ||