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Like @bdsa points out with their example, the singular and plural are actually spelled differently, viz. "parent's house" and "parents' house", despite being pr
by agalunar 3y ago
Like @bdsa points out with their example, the singular and plural are actually spelled differently, viz. "parent's house" and "parents' house", despite being pronounced the same way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_possessive#Nouns_and_noun_phrases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_possessive#Nouns_and_n...
- wahahah 3y agoI pronouce the latter as ~parent-siz; having them the same never sat right with me.
- est31 3y agoOh that's interesting, thanks! Not a native speaker but I dimly remember hearing about this in english class, thanks for reminding. I guess then the PhD student is indeed grammatically a singular then. It can still refer to a PhD student in general though instead of a particular one. https://www.rit.edu/ntid/sea/processes/articles/grammatical/types/specificgeneral https://www.rit.edu/ntid/sea/processes/articles/grammatical/...