Dec 27, 2010 · The Second Edition of the OED gives one plural quote, which has "mice"; in the Third Edition (November 2010), the old quote is gone and there is a new plural quote, which …

With mouse it seems to be that the accepted plural is mice, but if you're talking about a computer mouse you can use mouses or mice, so you'd be safe if you always used mice. Merriam …

Jul 23, 2016 · The plural of mouse is mice, and the plural of louse is lice. Why is the plural form of house not hice? According to Merriam-Webster, the word house is already longer in the …

So that's why the plural of "goose" is "geese." Similar rules come into play for the words "louse" and "mouse." While people may have used a word similar to "hide" as the plural form of …

Jul 1, 2014 · The word "mouse/mice" in the phrase "mouse/mice problem" is an attributive noun (also known as a noun adjunct). Generally, in the English language, attributive nouns take the …

Jul 22, 2016 · All nouns that are borrowed into English either form their plural with the standard plural ending –s (the vast majority), retain the plural ending of the donor language (e.g. …

Oct 26, 2023 · @tchrist: "titmice" is an exceptional case. The OED says "In the 16th cent., when mose had long been obsolete as an independent word, and in titmose had become stressless …

Jul 21, 2016 · We'll begin with box, the plural is boxes, But the plural of ox is oxens, not oxes. One fowl is a goose, and two are called geese, Yet the plural of moose is never called meese. You …

Aug 4, 2014 · A good answer of StoneyB. I can only add that the lack of distinction between plural and singular forms of some old nouns (which logically must have this distinction) exists in …

Mar 4, 2017 · While mice-infested is undoubtedly accepted and used by some speakers, it seems that most speakers still prefer to stick to the stem-form modifier and say mouse-infested. (The …