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The Economist - Style Guide - Plurals
No rules here. The spelling of the following plurals may be decided by either practice or derivation.

—oes

archipelagoes
buffaloes
cargoes
desperadoes
dominoes
echoes
embargoes
haloes
heroes
innuendoes
mementoes
mosquitoes
mottoes
noes
potatoes
salvoes
tomatoes
tornadoes
torpedoes
vetoes
volcanoes

—os

albinos
armadillos
commandos
demos
dynamos
embryos
Eskimos
falsettos
fandangos
fiascos
flamingos
folios
ghettos
impresarios
librettos
manifestos
memos
mulattos
neutrinos
oratorios
peccadillos
pianos
placebos
provisos
quangos
radios
silos
solos
sopranos
stilettos
studios
virtuosos
weirdos

 

—ums

conundrums
crematoriums
curriculums
forums
moratoriums
nostrums
quorums
referendums
stadiums
symposiums
ultimatums
vacuums

 

—a

consortia
corrigenda
data
media
memoranda
phenomena
quanta
sanatoria
spectra
strata

—ves

hooves
scarves
wharves

—fs

dwarfs
roofs
turfs

 

—s

agendas

—ae

amoebae
antennae
formulae
lacunae

 

—eaus

bureaus
plateaus

 

—eaux

chateaux

—uses

buses
caucuses
circuses
fetuses
focuses
geniuses
prospectuses

—i

alumni
bacilli
nuclei
stimuli
termini

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