Plurals Of Nouns Ending In O.
In the formation of the plural 01 nouns with this ending, the general rule is that es is added to the singular; as in potatoes, cargoes, buff aloes; Ft the following words add only s: Grotto, junto, canto, cento, qua'rtó, pórtico, octavo, duodécimo, tyro, solo (all, ïy the by, foreign words), and also all nouns ending in io, as folio, folios: or, in fact, whenever o is immediately preceded by a vowel, as carneo, emfcryo, etc. A notable peculiarity is to be observed with regard to nouns substantive ending with the sound, of o. If they be words of more than one syllable, they for the most part end Bimply in o; but, if only of one syllable, they take an e after the o, thus, ■canto, potato, quarto, hero, but doe, foe, roe, sloe, toe, woe, etc. Yet other monosyllables not nouns substantive,
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