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IRREGULAR FOREIGN PLURALS OF LATIN OR GREEK ORIGIN Some scientific and technical nouns derived from Latin and Greek have kept their original plural endings. The most common examples are: LATIN SINGULAR PLURAL alga axis matrix nucleus bacterium algae axes matrices nuclei bacteria GREEK SINGULAR PLURAL stoma stomata phenomenon phenomena Words that are of Latin or Greek origin but have already been partly or completely integrated into the English language and have accepted the English plural forms: cactus – pl.: cactuses or cacti formula – pl: formulae or formulas EXERCISES: Write the plural or singular form of the following words. Then write the Croatian equivalent: medium quantum bacteria synthesis curriculum fungus appendix criterion scripta hypothesis data syllabus catalysis locus symposium mitochondrion bacillus index catalysis equilibrium axis coccus spirillum cactus formula locus virus - _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
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