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Re:Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016) by azernik on Sunday May 27, 2018 @05:38PM (#17169239)
Read the article; the -en in this particular case arose after the loss of the case system, in a hypercorrection during a period when -en and -s were the two main plural endings.
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Re:Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016) by amaccuish on Sunday May 27, 2018 @06:12PM (#17169377)
I did, I was speaking about -en vs -n. Why -en for children and not just -n. Have I missed something?
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Re:Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016) by azernik on Monday May 28, 2018 @01:25AM (#17170722)
Plain -n isn't used anywhere in English that I know of for a plural; the consonant cluster childrn would be improbable.
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