>>>Those make sense though. They are simple singular nouns that take an 's' for puralization. But 'water'?
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>>>And I almost forgot, 'man - men' 'woman - women', and with 'women' we even change the pronunciation of the 'o'. What rule does that fall under, I wonder.
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>>But wasn't it written that these are regular?
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>>Yes it was, here: http://ndragan.com/lange/twouse.html - check part 2 with Roman - Romen, abdoman - abdomen etc.
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>Ok, now explain to me why so many persons think that "people" is the plural of "person" when in fact, "people' is a singular noun and its plural is "peoples". For example, the Chinese are a people with a vast history and very deeply rooted culture.
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>I think we've been through this before here. Not you and I maybe, but ...

Yes, I think I've had a dozen deja vus just looking at this subthread.

Just occurred to me that language is like religion - at some point you expect there'd be some logic in it, but you soon realize you're looking in the wrong place.