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[Sidenote: Anglicized words.]


When the foreign words are fully naturalized, they form their plurals

in the regular way; as,--


bandits

cherubs

dogmas

encomiums

enigmas

focuses

formulas

geniuses

herbariums

indexes

seraphs

apexes


[Sidenote: Usage varies in plurals of letters, figures, etc.]


54. Letters, figures, etc., form their plurals by adding _-s_ or

_'s_. Words quoted merely as words, without reference to their

meaning, also add _-s_ or _'s_; as, "His _9's_ (or _9s_) look like

_7's_ (or _7s_)," "Avoid using too many _and's_ (or _ands_)," "Change

the _+'s_ (or _+s_) to _-'s_ (or _-s_)."





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