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Fairy-tale(s) What's the plural of Fairy-tale please. Is it Fairy-tales? Or is it an invariable word? Thanks :)
Mar 6, 2015 4:49 PM
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I usually see it written as two words, without the hyphen: fairy tales.
March 6, 2015
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Fairy tale is compound noun, made up of two separate nouns. As is always the case with compound nouns, the first is singular and invariable, while the second behaves as a 'normal' noun, and can be plural if necessary. For example, 'This is a book of traditional fairy tales'. It can sometimes be one word or hyphenated when used as an adjective e.g. 'a fairytale castle' or 'a fairytale romance.'
March 6, 2015
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