English plurals (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "English plurals" in English language version.

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"Sometimes scientists think of data as plural, as in These data do not support the conclusions. But more often scientists and researchers think of data as a singular mass entity like information, and most people now follow this in general usage." "Data. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000". Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2007.

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"... in educated everyday usage as represented by the Guardian newspaper, it is nowadays most often used as a singular." Tim Johns. "Data: singular or plural?". Tim Johns EAP Page. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
Tim Johns. "Data: singular or plural?". Tim Johns EAP Page. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
"The word agenda, for example, was originally plural (from agendum: 'something to be acted on') but is nowadays used only as a singular, and nobody in their right mind would insist that it should be used as a plural." Tim Johns. "Data: singular or plural?". Tim Johns EAP Page. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

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Emerson, Oliver Farrar (1921). The history of the English language. Macmillan. p. 299. OCLC 317104.

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"boxen". catb.org. Retrieved 12 March 2025.

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"Plural problems". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

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Harper, Douglas. "Specie". Online Etymological Dictionary. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

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English Irregular Plural Nouns Archived 30 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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Raymond, Eric (1993). "How Jargon Works". The New Hacker's Dictionary. p. 12. Bibcode:1993nhsd.book.....R. But note that 'Unixen' and 'Twenexen' are never used. It has been suggested that this is because '-ix' and '-ex' are sometimes Latin singular endings that attract a Latinate plural.

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"Summary of dictionary sources and scholarly usage". Harvard University. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

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UNIT S4: YS OR IES? Archived 17 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine

merriam-webster.com

"Counsel". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 26 August 2017. 4a plural counsel (1) : a lawyer ...

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O'Neill, Dan (22 September 1979). "Data is/data are". Community Science Forum. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Vol. 77, no. 224. p. B-2 – via Newspaper Archive. [O]f the 136 distinguished consultants on usage polled for the 1975 Harper Dictionary of Contemporary Usage, 49 per cent responded that they use 'The data is...' in writing. And, in casual speech, 65 per cent use data as singular. Those who defend 'The data is...' often point to the fact that agenda is also, strictly, a plural, but is nearly always regarded as a single list and takes a singular verb. You'll probably never hear anyone ask: 'Are the agenda interesting?'

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UoN "Style Book – Singular or plural". Media and Public Relations Office, University of Nottingham. Archived 26 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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"Open Learning". Open University. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

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"Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries. Archived from the original on 16 May 2001. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
"What are the plurals of 'octopus', 'h... - Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries - English. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

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"the definition of money". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
Dictionary.com entry for "brother".

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"Inuit, Inuk (Linguistic recommendation from the Translation Bureau)". Government of Canada, Public Works and Government Services Canada, Translation Bureau. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

web.archive.org

English Irregular Plural Nouns Archived 30 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
UNIT S4: YS OR IES? Archived 17 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
"Sometimes scientists think of data as plural, as in These data do not support the conclusions. But more often scientists and researchers think of data as a singular mass entity like information, and most people now follow this in general usage." "Data. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000". Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2007.
"Summary of dictionary sources and scholarly usage". Harvard University. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
"... in educated everyday usage as represented by the Guardian newspaper, it is nowadays most often used as a singular." Tim Johns. "Data: singular or plural?". Tim Johns EAP Page. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
"Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries. Archived from the original on 16 May 2001. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
Tim Johns. "Data: singular or plural?". Tim Johns EAP Page. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
UoN "Style Book – Singular or plural". Media and Public Relations Office, University of Nottingham. Archived 26 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
"What are the plurals of 'octopus', 'h... - Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries - English. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
"The word agenda, for example, was originally plural (from agendum: 'something to be acted on') but is nowadays used only as a singular, and nobody in their right mind would insist that it should be used as a plural." Tim Johns. "Data: singular or plural?". Tim Johns EAP Page. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

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Emerson, Oliver Farrar (1921). The history of the English language. Macmillan. p. 299. OCLC 317104.