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Show A Qutitlon .or Teachers. Who will tell me what la the plural of Of Is It "os" or "oes"T Tomatoea Is th. plural of tomato; atllletos I. aid to be th. plural of atllletto. Were are aome esemples ef Inconsl.tnncy: Pntsto, potstoes: negro, negroes; buffalo, buffaloe,; hero, heroes; dado, dados; too, toes; canto, cantos; alt., altos: volcano, volraaoea; do, ooei; pro, pros; tyro, tyros; wo, we8; octavo, oc-tavo, octavos; palmetto, palraetloea; grotto, gnttoes: duello, duello.; ergo, er-go, carcoes; libretto, libretto., .lc You aaay have obaerved that our high aad mighty dictionaries studlourly avoid giving the. plurala to the,. words, and to othnra ending In o. The right of an educated author to spell aa he pleanea should never be que.-tloned. que.-tloned. A foollih consistency I, the hobsnblln of petty nilu 1.. New York Prats. |