An ode of English Plurals
We'll begin with a box,
And the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox
Becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose,
But two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose
Should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse
Or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house
Is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man
Is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan
Be called pen?
We'll begin with a box,
And the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox
Becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose,
But two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose
Should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse
Or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house
Is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man
Is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan
Be called pen?
