FALSE PLURALS I
Credit: Washington Post Crossword
Rich Norris
DAMAGED GOODIES (adapted)
The plural of PART is PARTS, but if you incorrectly spelled the plural as PARTIES, you would have a valid word (the plural of PARTY), but a false plural of PART. Can you think of any other words that would yield false plurals in this way?
(Possible) Answers:
BOOK - BOOKIES
TREAT - TREATIES
BEAN - BEANIES
COOK - COOKIES
NOTE: For examples of false comparatives and false superlatives, see:
BRAIN GAMES IV - posted Jan. 29, 2015
BRAIN GAMES VI - posted Jan. 31, 2015
FALSE COMPARATIVES - posted Feb. 19, 2015
Friday, September 18, 2015
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