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amaccuish
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Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016)
I did, I was speaking about -en vs -n. Why -en for children and not just -n. Have I missed something?
azernik
on May 28, 2018
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Plain -n isn't used anywhere in English that I know of for a plural; the consonant cluster childrn would be improbable.
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