慢速英语:Everyday Grammar: Unusual Plurals

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ram – n. an adult male sheep

ewe – n. a female sheep

umlaut – n. a mark ¨ placed over a vowel (such as a u in German) to indicate a specific pronunciation

voiceless – adj. technical, of a sound made without moving your vocal cords

voiced – adj. technical, of a sound made by moving your vocal cords

suffix – n. a letter or a group of letters that is added to the end of a word to change its meaning or to form a different word

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Reference

American linguist John McWhorter produced video on the history of English plurals on TED for Education.