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Plurals of nouns

Word search for 'mouse'
Figure 1. Word search for 'mouse'
Note that there are two plural forms given: 'mice' and 'mouses' (in the lower window). By looking at the frequencies you see that 'mice' is much more frequent. A search for 'mouses' retrieves the examples below. By examining them you see that 'mouses' is very rarely used as a plural form of 'mouse' other than in certain contexts (for example 'Mickey Mouses', spoken by children, or as an example of non-standard usage).
Concordance: 'mouses'
Figure 2. Concordance of 'mouses'

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