2015年6月29日 · However, OED mentions that the plural form aircrafts is rare and there is one citation that aircrafts is used: His world-famed aircrafts. 1903 Aeronaut. Jrnl. 7 81/1 . OED also adds that the word can be understood, esp. when used in the plural, to include other kinds of heavier-than-air machine, such as helicopters. The word is often preferred ...

2011年11月1日 · The reason I graphed aircrafts/aircraft separately in my question was because the former would have simply "flatlined" otherwise. But looked at in isolation, aircrafts does seem to be on the increase. @Affe's comment on the question may well be significant; perhaps increasing numbers of Indian usages are skewing things to their own inclinations.

2011年10月31日 · The most common way to refer to an airplane is it.. If one were to decide to infer gender onto an aircraft, female would be the obvious choice for airships (eg Zeppelins), and by extension probably the logical one for smaller aircraft like planes.

I am looking for a correct term meaning that the given plane is in a state of unloading/ "unboarding" arrived passengers, just before it will board departing passengers.

2024年4月10日 · I think simple traveller would work better in your sample sentence than a word that specifically refers to someone who takes planes because a traveller may weigh the relative cost of plane vs train but an air traveller is an air traveller is an air traveller.

2011年12月2日 · This answer is somewhat overrated. There are lots of OE neuters with identical singular and plural forms that form regular plurals in modern English, like "land" and "thing", and in general, mod.E. treatment of plurals is far removed from OE, and the fact that something happened in OE isn't even remotely close to an adequate explanation of why it happens in …

Is there a term for nouns that have identical singular and plural forms? For example, sheep fish glasses aircraft/spacecraft etc.

The simple answer is... Alfred Tennyson was created a hereditary baron, 1st Baron Tennyson. Barons are known by their title, Lord Tennyson, preceded if necessary by their Christian name.

2023年8月10日 · Oxen is a rare exception in English where it is the only common English word that retains the original Old English plural ending -en. (Note: Children and brethren are formed a bit differently, plea...

Why can't we use the word information in the plural form? "Give me all the informations you've got", even if it's wrong, sounds more beautiful to my non-native ear than "give me all the information...