Unusual plurals?

How about we first learn the correct use of common plurals??

I still get upset when they say "the news is...", "the data is in..."

And regarding pronouncing the Latin plural --ae: I fear that the old Romans would not have understood us.

Alexa Fleckenstein M.D., physician, author.

Alexa Fleckenstein M.D., physician, author.
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