Talk:-es

(in some cases)

Isn't there a category listing the cases where -o + -es? --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:10, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Sussex plural

In the Sussex dialect, however, until relatively recently there existed a reduplicated plural: e.g. one ghost, two ghostes/ghostesses; one post, two postes/postesses (note that here the Sussex pluralisation instead of adding just 's' after 'st', adds either 'es' as its usual plural, or a reduplicated 'esses'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduplicated_plural --Backinstadiums (talk) 12:33, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

What are their pronunciations of -es(ses) ? --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:43, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

Ees is the plural of the name of the letter "e"

Ees is the plural of the name of the letter "e" . Is this then a regular plural formed from -es? --Backinstadiums (talk) 12:56, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

The letter plural es or ees has nothing to do with this entry -es. Equinox ◑ 17:16, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

@Equinox: really? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-es#Etymology_1 --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:54, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

@Backinstadiums: Yes, really. Equinox ◑ 06:00, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

@Equinox: Plurals of vowel names add -es (i.e., aes, ees, ies, oes, ues) What is then this -es? --Backinstadiums (talk) 23:02, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

@Backinstadiums: You asked about this aes, ees... elsewhere and I have replied there. Equinox ◑ 20:20, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Plural -ces

How should plurals such as cruces (from crux) be dealt with? --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:40, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

tasteses

I'd say this drink "tasteses" like fermented vinegar --Backinstadiums (talk) 21:02, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Plural: only occasionally, a single final consonant is doubled

Most nouns form their plurals simply by adding -s. But if a word ends with the sound of /s/, /sh/, /ch/, or /z/, the plural is formed by adding -es— thus buses. Only occasionally, a single final consonant is doubled—thus fez makes fezzes --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:36, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

is it also an exception for the third person singular present of verbs? --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:58, 26 June 2021 (UTC)