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“childs” is not a word

I’ve seen this quite a few times, and I feel it’s worth mentioning, as it perhaps isn’t obvious. The plural of the word child is children and not childs.

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2 Responses to ““childs” is not a word”

  1. Lotta Says: December 14th, 2011 at 10:58 pm

    I always thought that plural of “people” was “people” until I read Kofi Annan’s report “we the peoples”

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  2. John Glassmyer Says: January 19th, 2012 at 11:46 pm

    Would ‘chillun’ be acceptable?

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