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Words ending in for fe commonly change the ƒ into v upon receiving a suffix beginning with a vowel.

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Nouns ending in a sound that will unite with that of s, form the plural by adding s only; in other cases, the plural is regularly formed by adding es.

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*The exceptious ending in o, it will be observed, are words in which the o is preceded by a consonant. Few in which that is the case, follow the rule; but, among them are some in very general use, as halo, halos; quarto, quartos; salvo, salvos; junto, juntos; canto, cantos; octavo, octavos; memento, mementos.

For the change of ƒ into v in these examples, see Rule XIV.

For the change of y into i in forming these plurals, see Rule XII.

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*Exercises 245 and 246 consist entirely of words from foreign languages, which, in English, retain the foreign forms of the plural. Some of them, however, have, also, the regular English form.

RULE XVI.

Compound words usually retain the spelling proper to the simple words composing them.

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* The two parts of a permanent compound are usually written together as one word; as breastpin; in other cases they are connected by a hyphen, as in door-way, book-case. When the first part of the compound is a noun in the Possessive Case, the sign (') of possession is mostly omitted, thus, bondsman, not bond'sman. Sometimes, also, the s is dropped, as in bondFor the accentuation of compounds, see p. 80.

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