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Show A Question for Teachers. Who will tell mo what Is tho plural of 07 Is It "os" or "oc3"7 Tomatoes Is tho plural of tomato; stlllctos Is said to bo the plural of stlllctto. Here arc sorao examples of Inconsistency: Potato, potatoes; negro, negroes; burfalo, buffaloes; hero, heroes; dado, dados; too, toes; canto, cantos; alto, ; altos; volcano, volcanoes; no, noes; i pro, pros; tyro, tyros; wo, woes; octavo, oc-tavo, octavos; palmetto, palmettoes; ; grotto, grottoes; duello, duellos; cargo, car-go, cargoos; llbrotto, librettos, etc. I You may havo observed that our high and mighty dictionaries studiously avoid giving tho plurals to these ' words, and to others ending In o. The ' right of an educated author to spell ' as ho pleases should never bo questioned. ques-tioned. A foolish consistency Is tho f hobgoblin ot petty, minis. New Yorlt J Press. |