In general, to form plurals in English, you add either -s or -es (and sometimes change a y to an i). But there are a number of words – including some you use every day – that don’t follow this rule.

Lots of languages have distinct plural forms for you. When talking to more than one person, the French use vous; the Italians, voi; the Spanish, ustedes; and the Germans, ihr. Wouldn't it be useful if ...

Toyota has been conducting a poll to determine the plural of “Prius.” Will it be Priuses? Will it be the Latin-inspired Prii? Should Prius be like deer, using its singular as its plural? Or how about ...

It's a wild grammatical moose chase. Rebecca C. Photography The English language doesn’t always abide by its own rules. It’s a giant melting pot of etymologies, sourcing itself from all over the world ...

Rob Pensalfini is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Drama at the University of Queensland, and the Artistic Director of the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble. Contemporary accents in particular would ...

Algae thrives in sunlight. Or is it algae thrive? These are the questions that can broadside a copy editor years, even decades, into her career. When it comes to English, there’s never a point where ...

Take our English quiz and find out if you know the plurals of these tricky words. Is the word 'sheep' singular or plural? What is the plural form of 'information'? While you can derive the plurals of ...

The word data leaves some of us in a conundrum. Data is the plural of datum, the Latin word for something given. Ordinarily, the plural word would get a plural verb. The chickens are on their nests.

The English language doesn’t always abide by its own rules. It’s a giant melting pot of etymologies, sourcing itself from all over the world. The perplexing silent letters in words like “tsunami” and ...