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What’s the Plural of Mentos (and Other Trade Names)?

posted on February 14, 2018 by Andy Hollandbeck

What’s the Plural of Mentos (and Other Trade Names)?

Yesterday on Twitter, copyeditor Ashley Bischoff was publicly pondering the singular and plural forms of the yummy candy Mentos. Would she eat one Mento from a roll of Mentos? Or would it be one Mentos from a roll of Mentoses (or even Mentosi)? Or is the word Mentos like deer and moose, both … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Language Usage Tagged With: plurals, trade names, trademarks, word usage

Opera, English Morphology, and a Cribhouse Whore

posted on March 8, 2017 by Andy Hollandbeck

Opera, English Morphology, and a Cribhouse Whore

Book reviewer and all-around sci-fi geek James Nicoll once wrote, The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Language Usage Tagged With: morphology, music, plurals

Plural Problems in the Animal World

posted on July 27, 2016 by Andy Hollandbeck

Plural Problems in the Animal World

When children are learning the idiosyncrasies of the English language, they can get tripped up by some of the different ways singular nouns become plural. This is especially true when they're learning about the animal world. Why don't we add an S to make deer and sheep plural? If it's one goose and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: plurals, Usage, Vocabulary

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