PLURAL IN COMPOUND NOUNS

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PLURAL IN COMPOUND NOUNS

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2. 1. As a rule in compounds the second component takes the plural: SINGULAR housewife tooth-brush boy-scout
3. Compounds in -ful : SINGULAR handful spoonful mouthful PLURAL handful or handfuls spoonful or handfuls mouthful
4. man or woman, the first component = plurals in both components: SINGULAR man-servant woman-doctor gentleman-farmer PLURAL
5. In compounds where the preposition is a linking element only the first noun takes the plural
6. with a conjunction as a linking element the plural is taken by the second noun: gin-and-tonic
7. noun + preposition/adverb/ adjective = the first element+S: SINGULAR passer-by looker-on court-martial attorney-general PLURAL passers-by lookers-on
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1. As a rule in compounds the second component takes the plural:

1. As a rule in compounds the second component takes the plural:

SINGULAR
housewife
tooth-brush
boy-scout
maid-servant

PLURAL
housewives
tooth-brushes
boy-scouts
maid-servants

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Compounds in -ful :
SINGULAR
handful
spoonful
mouthful
PLURAL
handful or handfuls
spoonful

Compounds in -ful : SINGULAR handful spoonful mouthful PLURAL handful or handfuls

or handfuls
mouthful or mouthfuls

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man or woman, the first component = plurals in both components:
SINGULAR
man-servant
woman-doctor
gentleman-farmer

man or woman, the first component = plurals in both components: SINGULAR

PLURAL
men-servants
women-doctors
gentlemen-farmers.

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In compounds where the preposition is a linking element only the first

In compounds where the preposition is a linking element only the first

noun takes the plural form:

SINGULAR
editor-in-chief
mother-in-law
commander-in-chief
coat-of-mail
man-of-war

PLURAL
editors-in-chief
mothers-in-law
commanders-in-chief
coats-of-mail
men-of-war

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with a conjunction as a linking element the plural is taken by

with a conjunction as a linking element the plural is taken by

the second noun:

gin-and-tonic
gin-and-tonics

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noun + preposition/adverb/ adjective = the first element+S:
SINGULAR
passer-by
looker-on
court-martial
attorney-general
PLURAL
passers-by
lookers-on
courts-martial
attorneys-general

noun + preposition/adverb/ adjective = the first element+S: SINGULAR passer-by looker-on court-martial