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#209310 - 01/29/13 12:17 PM old quiz
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8432 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	More Is Less A riddle attributed to British prime minister George Canning, among many others: A word there is of plural number, Foe to ease and tranquil slumber. Any other word you take And add an S will plural make; But if you add an S to this, So strange the metamorphosis, Plural is plural now no more And sweet what bitter was before. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#209315 - 01/29/13 06:07 PM Re: old quiz [Re: LukeJavan8]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803	Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 Any other word you take And add an S will plural make; This is obviously not true. There are many words in English that do not take an -s plural.
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#209316 - 01/29/13 06:08 PM Re: old quiz [Re: LukeJavan8]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803	I do know one plural that ends in -s such that when you add another s to it becomes singular. Not sure about the "[f]oe to ease and tranquil slumber" part.
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#209321 - 01/29/13 08:48 PM Re: old quiz [Re: Faldage]
Tromboniator old hand Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 954 Loc: Alaska	Originally Posted By: Faldage I do know one plural that ends in -s such that when you add another s to it becomes singular. Not sure about the "[f]oe to ease and tranquil slumber" part. That's where I am.
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#209325 - 01/30/13 01:24 PM Re: old quiz [Re: Tromboniator]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8432 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Are you aslumber???? _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#209334 - 01/31/13 07:07 AM Re: old quiz [Re: Faldage]
A C Bowden old hand Registered: 10/22/10 Posts: 751 Loc: London, UK	Originally Posted By: Faldage I do know one plural that ends in -s such that when you add another s to it becomes singular. Is it one of these? princes/princess ogres/ogress cares/caress bras/brass
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#209335 - 01/31/13 10:58 AM Re: old quiz [Re: A C Bowden]
jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	needles: foe to tranquil slumber? needless: bitter to sweet? Naw. cares to caress... Yeah, AC, I like that one.
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#209346 - 02/01/13 07:44 AM Re: old quiz [Re: LukeJavan8]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803	I like that cares/caress. Good work, A C.
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