The following, and most compounds, vary the last word; as, pailfuls,
gentle_men_. [Footnote: _Pails full_ is not a compound. This expression
denotes a number of pails, each full.]
+Direction+.--_Form the plural of each of the following nouns_:--
Courtyard, dormouse, Englishman, fellow-servant, fisherman, Frenchman,
forget-me-not, goose-quill, handful, maid-servant, man-trap, mouthful,
pianoforte, portemonnaie, spoonful, stepson, tete-a-tete, tooth-brush.
The following nouns (except _Norman_) are not compounds of _man_--add _s_
to all.
Brahman, German, Mussulman, Norman, Ottoman, talisman.
The following compounds vary both parts; as, _man-singer_, _men-singers_.
+Direction+.--_Form the plural of each of the following nouns_:--
Man-child, man-servant, woman-servant, woman-singer.
Compounds consisting of a proper name preceded by a title form the plural
by varying either the title or the name; as, the Miss _Clarks_ or the
_Misses_ Clark; but, when the title _Mrs._ is used, the name is usually
varied; as, the Mrs. _Clarks_. [Footnote: Of the two forms, the _Miss
Clarks_ and the _Misses Clark_, we believe that the former is most used by
the best authors. The latter, except in formal notes or when the title is
to be emphasized, is rather stiff if not pedantic.
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