http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/pluralization tag posts with pluralization Thu, 10 May 2007 09:18:20 -0800 Thu, 10 May 2007 09:18:20 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/62330/Radioactive-Mooses pluralsfilter: Why don't we use words like "radiations"? It seems like a lot of words that have logical plurals don't ever get used in english. Radiations means essentially the same thing as emanations or emissions, but we don't use it the same way. Why is this? Where can I find more information about why we drop the pluralization on some many words? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.62330 Thu, 10 May 2007 09:18:20 -0800 plural pluralization single word why_o_why blue_beetle http://ask.metafilter.com/23289/What-word-is-made-plural-by-adding-the-prefix-a What word is made plural by adding the prefix "a-"? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.23289 Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:29:14 -0800 language pluralization prefix Felicity Rilke http://ask.metafilter.com/12702/What-is-the-plural-of-presence What is the plural of "presence?" tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.12702 Wed, 08 Dec 2004 22:55:52 -0800 language pluralization plurals grammar syntax style werty