2015年9月14日 · Women is the plural of woman, so there cannot be a plural of women. However, you will see this simple truth ignored everywhere you look: Womens Clothing Department. Womens Restroom, Mens Restroom (signs on doors that say WOMENS and MENS) — wrong!!! Womens Issues, Womens Lib, etc. Do not let these mistakes that other people make confuse …

2015年1月9日 · The singular “woman” probably gets mixed up with the plural “women” because although both are spelled with an O in the first syllable, only the pronunciation of the O really differentiates them. Just remember that this word is treated no differently than “man” (one person) and “men” (more than one person).

2023年12月3日 · For the same reason it is called mankind not menkind. This is the domain of man not men - men is gendered the term man is not. Woman is being used as a plural. This is common parlance. Both "this is a woman and women thing" are routinely used in everyday speech. It is not a pronunciation issue in this answer but could be in their question.

2011年2月13日 · 'woman late O.E. wimman (pl. wimmen), lit. "woman-man"' That makes no sense. If woman means woman-man then perforce woman-man means woman-woman-man and woman-woman-man means woman-woman-woman-man. 2. We are also told: 'The pronunciation of the singular altered in M.E. by the rounding influence of -w-; the plural retains the original …

2024年10月31日 · Woman: - Singular form: woman - Plural form: women The word "woman" becomes "women" in the plural form. The 'a' in "woman" changes to 'e' to form "women". 2. Goose: - Singular form: goose - Plural form: geese The word "goose" becomes "geese" when pluralized. The 'oo' in "goose" changes to 'ee' to form "geese". So, the plural forms are: - …

For instance, if you write "woman poet" it could imply that Emily Dickinson only wrote poems about women. What you should write is "woman-poet", indicating she is a woman and a poet. On a side note, you could also use a solidus "woman/poet" to indicate she was both a great woman AND a great poet, not just a great poet who happened to be a woman.

2010年12月1日 · I don't think the NZ pronunciation of the singular is the same as the NZ plural. A New Zealander begs to differ: I've noticed this trend over the last few years also. To me as a kiwi it doesn't sound anything like a mispronounced plural -- it just sounds as if the speaker is using the one word for both singular and plural.

2023年11月28日 · To form the plural possessive of 'women', you add an apostrophe followed by s; thus, it is 'women's'. An apostrophe is used to show possession, and the placement of the apostrophe depends on whether the noun is singular or plural, and whether the plural noun ends in s or not. Explanation: Complete the list: Singular: woman; Plural: women

2021年7月5日 · A broad New Zealand accent would therefore make the plural women sound very similar (to an outsider) to the singular woman, and it's likely that the presenter has acquired and retained this element of the New Zealand accent, even if it's otherwise mostly lost or hard to pick.

2015年12月13日 · Is "woman/women" the only English word group that undergoes a change - via conjugation, pluralization... whatever may be the cause - wherein a syllable of the polysyllabic word has spelling changes that do not have a significant change to its pronunciation (i.e. the "-man" and "-men" sound as "mun" in both cases), while simultaneously having ...