Double plural
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Double plural
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A double plural is a plural form to which an extra suffix has been added, mainly because the original plural suffix had become unproductive and therefore irregular. So the form as a whole was no longer seen as a plural, an instance of morphological leveling. For example, if "geese" became the word for "goose" in a future version of English, a word geeses might become the licit plural form. Examples of this can be seen in the history of English and Dutch. Historically, the general English plural
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2009-06-01T14:38:29Z
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2024-09-06T07:46:58Z
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