Mertcan Bulak: In the past, for example, there were many more irregular plural nouns in English: one bōc (book), many bēc; one hand, two hend; one eye, two eyn; one cow, many kine. But gradually, ‘errors’ like ‘hands’ crept in by analogy on the regular -s plural pattern. So bēc was replaced by the ‘incorrect’ bokes (books) during the thirteenth century, eyn was replaced by eyes in the fourteenth century, kine by cows in the sixteenth.

In the past, for example, there were many more irregular plural nouns in English: one bōc (book), many bēc; one hand, two hend; one eye, two eyn; one cow, many kine. But gradually, ‘errors’ like ‘hands’ crept in by analogy on the regular -s plural pattern. So bēc was replaced by the ‘incorrect’ bokes (books) during the thirteenth century, eyn was replaced by eyes in the fourteenth century, kine by cows in the sixteenth.

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