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Can childs ever be the plural of child, in standard English? No, "childs" was never a plural of child See Etymononline's entry for child: The difficulty with the plural began in Old English, where the nominative plural was at first cild, identical with the singular, then c 975 a plural form cildru (genitive cildra) arose, probably for clarity's sake, only to be re-pluraled late 12c as children, which is thus a double plural Middle English plural
possessives - Is it childs or childs - English Language Usage . . . All of your child's homework is complete I don't know whether this is childs or not, I am referring to a single child in this sentence by the way Not multiple Or am I making this sentence wrong anyway and there is a better way, because it sounds wierd
Is there a word meaning my childs spouses parents? If I am introducing someone to my daughter's husband's parents can I say "Hi, I'd like to you meet my ___ " In-laws would not work here because they are my child's in-laws not my own Is there a word for this relationship?
What’s the correct plural possessive of “kids”? As an aside, in Library-land and university library and education programs, this field is generally referred to as children's literature (plural, possessive, with apostrophe) In both those cultures, this is often informally shortened to kiddie lit (singular, not possessive) Note: Some of my library friends would prefer the term kid be reserved for small goats
In computing, what is the plural of child in terms of inheritance? The concept of parent and child belongs to the Unified Modeling Language, which uses genetic relations to model class inheritance Where the UML specification refers to plural classes with inheritance, it does so with the terms parents and children See the UML Specification, Section 2 5 2 23 for such an example Childs would be completely
Filling out forms that ask for “relationship with” Forgive me for being perhaps nitpicky here, but my guess is that those forms you fill for your son really mean "relationship to child" not "relationship with child" Your relationship to the child would refer to how you were related to him her, e g guardian, father, mother, uncle, etc, while your relationship with the child would indicate how well you get along This distinction is debatable