Poll: What's the plural of 'aircraft'?
What's the plural of 'aircraft'? |
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Votes: 2964
Comments: 18
Added: October 2006
Comments:
| pp - 28th October 2006 06:00 |
| there is no plural of Aircraft, the word is made of two seperate words,neither having plural versions air...craft, better to say flying metal objects, |
| Orville - 24th January 2007 09:53 |
| What on earth are you talking about, PP? They are 'aircraft' in the plural. |
| Stryfe - 9th February 2007 00:20 |
| Way to support your claim, Orville ;P (messing around) But pp, you are right that air doesn't have a plural, but crafts doesn't? Did they teach you arts and _craft_ at school? Crafts is a word. Air just modifies it. Either works. |
| Melanie - 5th January 2008 19:41 |
| air·craft –noun, plural -craft. any machine supported for flight in the air by buoyancy or by the dynamic action of air on its surfaces, esp. powered airplanes, gliders, and helicopters. |
| Ken - 18th February 2008 03:11 |
| How often do you hear the term "watercrafts"? Never! So it should be for "Aircraft"!!! End of story!!!!!!!!! |
| jojo - 21st August 2008 01:04 |
| AIRCRAFT is an object and more than one object is always objects hence AIRCRAFTS |
| Paddy O'Furniture - 30th October 2008 22:29 |
| I have only heard "aircrafts" from those for whom English is a second language. |
| hisham - 22nd February 2009 17:00 |
| it just doesnt make sense... all the english language doesnt make sense. 4 fingers and 1 thumb?!?!?! |
| hisham - 22nd February 2009 17:00 |
| it just doesnt make sense... all the english language doesnt make sense. 4 fingers and 1 thumb?!?!?! |
| Francis - 26th May 2009 14:00 |
| The plural is aircraft, hovercraft, space craft. But carpentry and weaving are crafts. Same word, different meanings, different plurals. |
| rob - 2nd June 2009 18:34 |
| the bbc uses aircraft as plural |
| rodbrock - 20th August 2009 15:21 |
| Somebody wrote: "AIRCRAFT is an object and more than one object is always objects hence AIRCRAFTS" I reply: A "Deer" is one object, and the plural of Deer, is DEER. |
| Philo - 15th October 2009 03:53 |
| I'm an English pilot and its aircraft, as long as its English English we are talking about. |
| Bones - 5th February 2010 09:55 |
| The word "Aircraft" has the same plural form as singular - one aircraft, many aircraft. Same as hair, fish and deer. See http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aircra ft |
| Vinny - 30th May 2010 03:19 |
| This is one of the worst abuses of the English language. 'Aircraft' is the same in both singular and plural. Singular example: There is one aircraft left on the runway. Plural example: There are many aircraft in the sky today. There is no s EVER! |
| Will - 26th November 2011 18:58 |
| The plural is 'Aircraft', like the plural of 'sheep' is 'sheep' and 'fish' is 'fish' |
| Aircraft - 9th December 2011 21:22 |
| "The word 'Aircraft' has the same plural form as singular - one aircraft, many aircraft. Same as hair, fish and deer." -Bones Actually, one hair and many hairs. Fish for many of the same species, "fishes" for multiple species. Your point is well made, though - many words are the same in singular and plural forms. English is indeed a complex language, and more beautiful for its complexity. |
| attraction - 12th January 2012 11:59 |
| Aircraft is collective. |
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