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? asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 8 years ago

Can you supply me with a word whose root changes when it becomes pluralized?

My tiny little brain can't think of a word whose spelling changes when it's pluralized. Maybe one doesn't exist! If you can give me a "bad" word that does this, the points are yours! *grin*

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago
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    man, men

    woman, women

    tooth, teeth

    mouse, mice

    louse, lice

    ox, oxen

    person, people

    child, children

    goose, geese

    I, we

    he, they

  • flischer
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    mouse, mice

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