The letter S is added to pluralise most words in the english language.
eg Letter to Letters, Word to Words and Language to Languages
There is a word however that is pluralised with the addition of the letter C.
What is it?
___________
Dice.
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The letter S is added to pluralise most words in the english language.
eg Letter to Letters, Word to Words and Language to Languages
There is a word however that is pluralised with the addition of the letter C.
What is it?
___________
Dice.
DICE - I remember this one from a crossword puzzle I helped the son with in school. It was full of these kind of word puzzles.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Another 3 for you then, but you have to share them with your son. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
Well, it was a bonus assignment for extra credit, so he already got rewarded once - ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
btw - how's things going for you Adept??
The following 15 words can be divided into 5 groups of 3 words. The words in each trio will share a similar characteristic.
What are the groupings?
Why?
astern
bony
con
deal
land
lien
nit
pending
pinion
range
slander
steroid
tile
vary
venue
1 point per group with explanation (5 total).
___________
Each word can be prefixed with a vowel. Each grouping can be prefixed with the same vowel.
a) lien (alien), steroid (asteroid), venue (avenue)
e) astern (eastern), bony (ebony), land (eland)
i) con (icon), deal (ideal), slander (islander)
o) pinion (opinion), range (orange), vary (ovary)
u) nit (unit), pending (upending), tile (utile)
Not bad, not bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
Like an extended vacation, but without the money. :p
Catching up on some courses I have taken, job hunting, gaming, etc. ;)
No unemployment compensation ??Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Group #1 - Words that can be spelled differently:Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
NIT (KNIT)
LIEN (LEAN)
VARY (VERY)
GROUP #2 Words that can be changed by adding an "i" to the front:
con = Icon
deal = Ideal
slander = Islander
Hmmm, could also go this way with:Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
Alien (that little Deity $@#$)
Asteroid
Avenue
Opinion
Orange
Ovary
Although, adding the letters in front messes up my first group of words
So if we use the other 2 vowels left (E and U):
Ebony
Eastern
Eland ??????? (Word's dictionary lists it as a large elk, so i guess its a word!)
Which leaves me with these three:
Upending
Unit
But I don't think Utile is a word, so I guess that shoots my whole theory to hell and back.
Alien (that little Deity $@#$)
Asteroid
Avenue
Ebony
Eastern
Eland
Icon
Ideal
Islander
Opinion
Orange
Ovary
Upending
Unit
Utile
I'm slow today. Go back to work 3FS so I can at least pretend to hold you back from first place. :devil:
Hmmm, word does not flag this as mispelled either, so perhaps I am ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
Work??? You got to be kidding. I pretty much have swore off work until these last questions get answered. The tech requests can pile up until then, I've got me an alien to de-throne!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Deity
It's looking like you might do it too! If you do, my hat's off to you sir. :thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
Well, I got 353 right now, and Adepts owes me 3 yet for the dice answer, plus if these are right, there's 5, so I will be at 361, which will mean I need 25 unanswered points to pass you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deity
There's a chance - but not a whole lot of room for error. We shall see! http://forums.windrivers.com/images/.../borgsmile.gif
oh, and btw, was reading through some other threads:
Actually, we took a little slip during the break, we're at 2.483% as of right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
It seems you only want to play when I'm away?
What am I the cat?
:D
If the shoe fits............https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by TechZ
weee, i can get back into this game... Had to work a bypass for the work proxies... damn work, locking me out of here.
11 questions left, welcome back!Quote:
Originally Posted by Matridom
I see you lurking Deity - you're like lion laying in wait, getting ready to pounce for the kill!!
I'm about to fall asleep reading programming manuals. Somehow I think my reflexes have been slightly dulled. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
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Originally Posted by Deity
**Reaction time test**
I'm ready too - let's rumble !!!
Bring it on! :flame:Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
We just need our host................where'd he go??? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Deity
Yoo-Hoo, Adept:
https://shop.krispykreme.com/images/...Home_r7_c1.jpg
(I bet that will get him back here!)
https://forums.windrivers.com/
Maybe this will...
mmmmm, now there's a good way to distract me when Adept makes it back!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Deity
REALLY?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
I hadn't thought of that...
Make ya a deal - you ship me one bottle of Jaeger, and I'll drop out of MindTrap completely, and the Logan's Run DVD will be all yours !!! https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Deity
Alright. Let me just jump all over that opportunity. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
:grin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Deity
This post has no purpose whatsoever, other than to see how long it will take for Deity to show up after a new post is made in MindTrap!
What? Who said my name?Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
Less than 2 minutes!Quote:
Originally Posted by Deity
Looks like your ready to roll!
I'm slow today. :sad:Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
Good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deity