English Plurals: Exploring the Confusion and Origins

English Plurals: Exploring the Confusion and Origins

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English, Other

11th Grade - University

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The video explores the complexities of English plurals, covering historical influences from Old and Middle English, unchanged plurals, phonetic changes like F to V, and borrowed plurals from Latin, Greek, and Italian. It explains why some plurals don't follow the standard 'add an S' rule and highlights the influence of grammatical gender and phonetic shifts.

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