The plural in English is usually made <br />By adding an 's', so don't be afraid <br />Of making this sound so that it can be heard <br />At the end of the plural form of a word <br /> <br />Then there will be no doubt in anyone's mind <br />Whether your meaning is of the singular or plural kind <br />An extra syllable is needed when patch becomes patches <br />And take note that the plural of batch is batches <br /> <br />Of course there are always exceptions to every rule <br />The fish that swim around in a school <br />Are still just fish, they don't become fishes <br />But the plural of dish will always be dishes <br /> <br />The plural of goose is, as we all know, geese <br />Although the plural of moose is definitely not meese <br />One mouse, but a plague of them would be called mice <br />Though to call houses hice is something for which I do not give advice <br /> <br />Hypothesis in plural form translates to hypotheses <br />And parenthesis, of course, becomes parentheses <br />But your garden variety of plurals, just stick an 's' on <br />Next week we'll talk about the 's' for possession <br /> <br />(Sydney, Australia - 2006)<br /><br />Alessandra Liverani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/making-plurals-in-english-humour/
