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The use of "little less" | Need clarification: Past perfect is used to indicated the sequence of past events
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Shamans vs. Shamen Sat Mar 29, 2008 15:55 pm  Shamans vs. Shamen
 

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Shamans vs. Shamen Sat Mar 29, 2008 16:54 pm  Shamans vs. Shamen
 

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If I refer to more than one German, I say Germans. Likewise, the plural of shaman is shamans.
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Shamans vs. Shamen Sat Mar 29, 2008 17:35 pm  Shamans vs. Shamen
 

Hello, Yankee!

You are making a good point; however, you don't say 'gentlemans', do you?

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Shamans vs. Shamen Sat Mar 29, 2008 17:55 pm  Shamans vs. Shamen
 

Hi SkiIuck

Think of it this way:
Do the words 'Ger' and 'sha' exist in English?

To me, neither German nor shaman is a compound noun. In other words, these words were not formed by adding the word 'man' to another word.

The word 'gentleman' is made up of two easily identifiable words, one of which is the word 'man'. The word 'gentleman' also refers only to a male. Thus, the plural follows the irregular plural of the word 'man': gentlemen.
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