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Why is the plural form of piano pianos and not pianoes? The rule says that if a singular noun ends in consonant + "o" then the plural form will be consonant + "oes" e g tomato => tomatoes Then, why this rule does not apply to piano?
etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Only a week or two ago, the British Admiralty was proudly demonstrating to King George its new eight-barreled anti-aircraft guns, "Chicago pianos,"…named, forsooth, after the sawed-off shotguns and the "Tommy-guns" of Chicago's ex-gansters
Plural for photo? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The verbs go and do in the 3rd person singular are goes and does; the nouns potato (s) potatoes and hero (s) heroes (pl) follow the same pattern, hence some people apply the same spelling convention for photo Just write photos always, and without the apostrophe I often see native speakers write photo's when they mean the plural form
Havent you? or dont you? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange What is the right question tag (in British English) when we use the verb have? I have interviewed a few native speakers and none of them could explain why sometimes they prefer "haven't hasn't" and
What is the origin of the idiom with all the bells and whistles? The invention of portable electrical generators (originally driven by the steam-engines that were used to move the travelling fairground rides) was also a big influence on the design Prior to that date, mechanical organs and pianos were much smaller and simpler instruments
american english - Have not versus do not have - English Language . . . English is almost unique in the phenomenon of do-support Only a few of the Celtic languages and two very small Italian dialects use do in the way English does (and another that uses have in a similar way) It is not unusual, then, that people coming to English from any other language will have a bit of trouble with our use of the word do In general, the verb to do is a required part of
Can a piano be referred to as furniture? - English Language Usage . . . As a musician, I (and other like-minded people) have referred to pianos owned by those who rarely or never play them as "just furniture", and my intention is to criticize the ownership of such an amazing instrument for primarily cosmetic purposes