pluralizing
Meaning
of Pluralize
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
Pluralizing to 'children' gives Watoto wadogo wamekisoma (Vana vadoko vakaverenga in Shona), and pluralizing to 'books' (vitabu) gives Watoto wadogo wamevisoma.
However, the 1999 style guide for the New York Times states that the addition of an apostrophe is necessary when pluralizing all abbreviations, preferring "PC's, TV's and VCR's".
A: This practice of pluralizing the adjective instead of the noun in a phrase like “game threes” seems to be a common idiom in sports writing and broadcasting.
メタ構文変数 (Japanese) main Note that -ra is a pluralizing ending in Japanese, and reduplication is also used for pluralizing.
Q: Pat was asked on WNYC about inconsistencies between English and French in pluralizing numbers.