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And it reminded me of how annoying it is to see people pluralise with apostrophes — especially on signs.

Plurals of acronyms, abbreviations, initialisms and single letters 2009

I wonder if also there is not a sense that when you use poems, poets are liable to pluralise and make things abstract by giving them, for example, zero articles, in order to sound more romantic.

A is for Articles (2) « An A-Z of ELT 2010

If you used the shortened form, you'd just say "in-laws' house", but since you're using the full form, it's correct to pluralise the noun and not the modifier ('parents' rather than 'in law'), and then make the entire term possessive, because it's acting as a noun cluster. ("parents-in-law's")

The Skinny Kitten Story (In Which I Am Both A Liar And A Kitten Thief) 2008

Good first rule of writing: don't use words you can't pluralise.

Another Candidate for the Vat Miss Snark 2007

The Doctor can omit the "s," and, as perhaps he is already a little singular in his carefully-advanced theories, why should he not de-pluralise his surname?

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 16, 1892 Various

Supporting such new entrants, under the umbrella of an Ofcom-like public service publisher, could do much to diversify, pluralise and incentivise innovation in a rather ossified public service broadcasting regime and in doing so, potentially at least, revivify some very troubled incumbents.

openDemocracy openDemocracy 2010

Supporting such new entrants, under the umbrella of an Ofcom-like public service publisher, could do much to diversify, pluralise and incentivise innovation in a rather ossified public service broadcasting regime and in doing so, potentially at least, revivify some very troubled incumbents.

openDemocracy openDemocracy 2010

But English is pretty simple: verbs hardly conjugate; nouns pluralise easily (just add "s", mostly) and there are no genders to remember.

linkfilter.net - fresh links 2010

Mostly the uneducated people who pluralise* words they shouldn't

Engadget 2010

You cannot pluralise a plural as you already said that "pus" = feet, and therefore podes cannot.

reddit.com: what's new online! 2010