–s, but is added if the plural does not end in nouns ending in an s use –s (i.e. is an irregular plural – e.g. the ’s suffix e.g. Cyprus’s children’s). population) Homophones and accept/except, affect/effect, ball/bawl, berry/bury, brake/break, fair/fare, grate/great, groan/grown, here/hear, heel/heal/he’ll, knot/not, mail/male, main/mane, meat/meet, medal/meddle, missed/mist, peace/piece, plain/plane, rain/rein/reign, scene/seen, weather/whether, whose/who’s
–s, but is added if the plural does not end in –s (i.e. is an irregular plural – e.g. children’s). nouns ending in an s use the ’s suffix e.g. Cyprus’s population) Homophones and accept/except, affect/effect, ball/bawl, berry/bury, brake/break, fair/fare, grate/great, groan/grown, here/hear, heel/heal/he’ll, knot/not, mail/male, main/mane, meat/meet, medal/meddle, missed/mist, peace/piece, plain/plane, rain/rein/reign, scene/seen, weather/whether, whose/who’s
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