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- Why is the plural of aircraft not aircrafts?
However, OED mentions that the plural form aircrafts is rare and there is one citation that aircrafts is used: His world-famed aircrafts 1903 Aeronaut Jrnl 7 81 1 OED also adds that the word can be understood, esp when used in the plural, to include other kinds of heavier-than-air machine, such as helicopters The word is often preferred
- nouns - Why does the incorrect plural aircrafts seem to be occurring . . .
The reason I graphed aircrafts aircraft separately in my question was because the former would have simply "flatlined" otherwise But looked at in isolation, aircrafts does seem to be on the increase @Affe's comment on the question may well be significant; perhaps increasing numbers of Indian usages are skewing things to their own inclinations
- What is the gender of an aircraft? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
The most common way to refer to an airplane is it If one were to decide to infer gender onto an aircraft, female would be the obvious choice for airships (eg Zeppelins), and by extension probably the logical one for smaller aircraft like planes
- grammatical number - Is many a times correct? - English Language . . .
The standard phrase, judging by popularity of use, is "Many a time" This ngram illustrates it: As you can see, there are some people who write "many a times"
- How did oxen (plural of ox) survive as the only plural form with . . .
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