Why is English plural form of "child" not "childs" but "children"?
byRebecca Zaal
Children who mean "children" in English should be wondering that children change into the form of "children" instead of childs when they become plural. Explore the history and origins of EnglishGrammarphobiaI am approaching the mystery of this word.
The Grammarphobia Blog: Why "children," not "childs"?
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The history that the mysterious plural form of "children" came to be used was used in England from the mid 5 th century to the 12 th centuryOld EnglishIt is in. Actually, old English tends to use "n" rather than "s" as a plural form ending, according to this rule, the plural form of eye (eyes) becomes "eyen", the plural form Will be earan. And in 1100-1400 ADMedium English"En" and "an" in old English are now spelled as "en" when it comes to being used. At the same time, the Chinese English writer started to use plural en for the words that had not used en before. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, plural en was first used in middle English in the southern part of the United Kingdom, and then it came to be applied to other origins of English and French origin.
Charles E. Barber, Joan C. Beer, Phillip · Shaw "The English Language: A Historical IntroductionIn the place where originally "deoflas" was used as plural of devil and "englas" as plural of angel (angel) was used in old English, en enchanted as plural of both I am writing that middle English "devlen" "englen" was used. The endings of the en became popular in middle English, the plural form of "brother", which was originally written in an irregular form, changed to brethren, and the plural form of "childer" of child was changed to children and It became to be written. In addition, the modern "brothers" plural forms appeared for the first time in the late 16th century.
byGratisography
Thomas · Piles and John Algae's "The Origins and Development of the English LanguageAt that time, the plural form endings "s" and "n" were in rivalry relationship, n tended to be preferred in southern England and s in northern part. However, the plural form of s gradually became dominant gradually, and it seems that the plural form which used "s" came to be used almost "universally" around 1400. children remained exceptionally en en plural form.
The endings such as men and women are the plurals of en same as children, but they are not actually in the same category but are formed by changes in vowel like foot → feet, tooth → teeth. Also, chicken and kitten's en express emotionally "small" "little"Finger dictionarySo, it has another meaning.
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