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, 12/26/2022
12/26/2022
hereditary
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passed or able to be passed from parent to child before birth
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What are the plural forms of
check-in
,
passerby
, and
spoonful
?
— Njoh, Cameroon
Not all compound nouns follow the same pattern for plurals. The plural forms of
check-in
,
passerby
, and
spoonful
are...
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